Ordnance

Unexploded ordnance in 44-42.84N 037-50.50E

Black Sea · HYDROLANT 1339/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-06-01 20:18Z

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 513/19 301315Z APR 19.. Issued 2019-04-30 13:16Z. 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
Black Sea. The parsed report position is 44.714, 37.842. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2019-04-30 13:16Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA III 513/19 301315Z APR 19.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Black Sea
position
44.714, 37.842
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BLACK SEA.
RUSSIA.
DNC 10.
CHART 55128.
UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE IN 44-42.84N 037-50.50E.

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.
Chart reference
The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
Unexploded ordnance
Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations

43 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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19

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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 2026-10-01 16:36Z; 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.