Hazardous operations 252200Z to 260200Z jan in area bound by 27-00.00S 043-40.00W, 26-45.00S 043-40.00W,…
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 159/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-01-26 03:00Z
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) · NAVAREA V 29/23 200427Z JAN 23.. Issued 2023-01-20 04:51Z. 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
- South Atlantic Ocean. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-25 22:00Z | 2023-01-26 02:00Z | — | 4 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2023-01-20 04:51Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-01-26 03:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA V 29/23 200427Z JAN 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -26.875, -43.433
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC. DNC 01. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 252200Z TO 260200Z JAN IN AREA BOUND BY 27-00.00S 043-40.00W, 26-45.00S 043-40.00W, 26-45.00S 043-12.00W, 27-00.00S 043-12.00W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 260300Z JAN 23.
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.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- 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.
- 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
270 within 180 nm since 2005 · 3 in the last 12 months · 1 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.
- Hazardous operations 0800Z to 2100Z daily 29 sep thru 01 oct in area within ten miles of 25-06.00S 041-13.00W2026-09-24
- Hazardous operations 0800Z to 2100Z daily 18 thru 20 aug in area within ten miles of 25-06.00S 041-13.00W2026-08-13
- Hazardous operations in progress until 060400Z jun 27 in area bound by 24-39.87S 042-29.30W, 24-39.78S…2026-07-29
- Hazardous operations 052300Z to 082359Z oct in area bound by 24-47.00S 044-16.00W, 24-47.00S 043-20.00W,…2024-10-02
- Hazardous operations 1100Z to 1700Z daily 21 and 22 feb in area bound by 24-15.00S 044-00.00W, 23-50.00S…2024-02-16
- Hazardous operations 190800Z to 232200Z feb in area bound by 24-20.00S 040-32.00W, 24-30.00S 040-03.00W,…2024-02-14
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
28 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 00:21Z; 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.