Ordnance clearing operations in progress until further notice within one mile of 45-20.4N 012-57.0E
Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 1320/00
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-01-05 12:10Z
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) · ANCONA 009/00 251356Z JAN 00; NAVAREA III 058/00 082347Z FEB 00; ANCONA 034/00 141214ZB APR 00. Issued 2000-04-14 15:40Z. 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
- Adriatic Sea. The parsed report position is 45.340, 12.950 with a 1.0 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
- issued
- 2000-04-14 15:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- ANCONA 009/00 251356Z JAN 00; NAVAREA III 058/00 082347Z FEB 00; ANCONA 034/00 141214ZB APR 00
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- ANCONA
- sea
- Adriatic Sea
- position
- 45.340, 12.950 · r 1.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. ORDNANCE CLEARING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE WITHIN ONE MILE OF 45-20.4N 012-57.0E. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 493/00 AND 730/00.
Reading this warning
- Unexploded ordnance
- Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROLANT
- The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations
59 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.
- Unexploded ordnance on wreck within 500 meters of 44-03-38N 009-45-06E2002-02-17
- Underwater ordnance detonations 0700Z to 1700Z daily 04 thru 07 feb within one mile of 43-59-00N 009-55-30E2002-02-01
- Unexploded ordnance within 500 meters of 44-03-12N 009-45-54E2002-01-26
- Underwater ordnance detonations 0700Z to 1700Z daily 24 and 25 jan in area bound by 44-03.0N 009-56.9E,…2002-01-22
- Underwater ordnance detonations 0700Z to 1700Z daily 14 thru 16 jan within one mile of 43-59-00N 009-55-30E2002-01-10
- Underwater ordnance detonations 0700Z to 1700Z daily 09 and 10 jan within one mile of 43-59-00N 009-55-30E2002-01-07
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
0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 08:28Z; source collection times vary.
Ordnance
Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →
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.