Hazardous operations in progress until 30 apr in area within 20 miles of 35-22N 004-05W between 270 degrees…
Alboran Sea · HYDROLANT 1288/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-04-24 13:52Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA III 249/17 231443Z APR 17.. Issued 2017-04-23 14:47Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Alboran Sea. The parsed report position is 35.367, -4.083 with a 20.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROLANT 1014/17, HYDROLANT 1290/17 referslater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2017-04-23 14:47Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA III 249/17 231443Z APR 17.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Alboran Sea
- position
- 35.367, -4.083 · r 20.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. ALBORAN SEA. MOROCCO. DNC 08. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 30 APR IN AREA WITHIN 20 MILES OF 35-22N 004-05W BETWEEN 270 DEGREES AND 360 DEGREES. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 MAY 17.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Hazardous operations
- NGA's heading for activities that make an area dangerous — most often rocket launches, space debris and weapons firings, and some open-ended danger areas.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
83 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Gunnery exercises 01 feb thru 08 mar in area bound by: 33-41.04N 008-03.04W, 33-41.04N 008-26.91W, 33-48.57N…2024-01-26
- Hazardous operations 170800Z to 241200Z nov in area bound by 20-00.00N 020-00.00W, 53-00.00N 020-00.00W,…2022-11-16
- Hazardous operations 0100Z to 1500Z daily 25 thru 28 apr in area bound by 36-01-18N 001-17-48W, 35-34-30N…2022-04-25
- Hazardous operations 0800Z to 1700Z daily 18 thru 21 jan in area bound by 36-01.18N 001-17.48W, 35-34.30N…2022-01-18
- Hazardous operations in progress until 012359Z dec in area bound by 35-37.0N 001-10.0W, 35-51.6N 001-10.0W,…2021-11-30
- Hazardous operations 302000Z nov to 011800Z dec in area bound by 35-37.0N 001-10.0W, 35-51.6N 001-10.0W,…2021-11-30
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 00:52Z; source collection times vary.
Exercises
Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.