Exercises

Hazardous operations in progress until 17 sep in area bound by 36-00N 003-35W, 35-19N 004-47W, 36-00N…

Alboran Sea · HYDROLANT 1492/04

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2004-09-18 00:00Z

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) · UKMRCC 122219Z SEP 04;NAVAREA III 507/04 130859Z SEP 04.. Issued 2004-09-13 09:51Z. 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 map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

Current notices and reporting history in the Alboran Sea →

issued
2004-09-13 09:51Z
status
Archived notice
authority
UKMRCC 122219Z SEP 04;NAVAREA III 507/04 130859Z SEP 04.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
issued by
UKMRCC
sea
Alboran Sea
position
35.633, -4.785
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL
   17 SEP IN AREA BOUND BY 36-00N 003-35W,
   35-19N 004-47W, 36-00N 004-28W,
   35-19N 003-41W, 35-42N 005-12W.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1488/04(36).
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 18 SEP.

Reading this warning

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.
Area bound by
Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

77 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-04 01:17Z; 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.