Hazardous operations 0600Z to 2100Z daily 23 and 24 jan in area bound by 32-53.00N 034-40.00E, 32-33.00N…
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 160/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-01-24 22:00Z
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) · CTF 55 0/23 171245Z JAN 23.. Issued 2023-01-20 05:23Z. 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
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin. 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 Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
- issued
- 2023-01-20 05:23Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-01-24 22:00Z
- authority
- CTF 55 0/23 171245Z JAN 23.
- issued by
- CTF
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 32.705, 34.505
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. ISRAEL. DNC 10. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0600Z TO 2100Z DAILY 23 AND 24 JAN IN AREA BOUND BY 32-53.00N 034-40.00E, 32-33.00N 034-40.00E, 32-33.00N 034-20.00E, 32-50.00N 034-20.00E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 242200Z 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
989 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Hazardous operations 180600Z to 182200Z jul in area bound by 34-18.88N 035-40.27E, 34-19.31N 035-39.15E,…2023-07-18
- Hazardous operations 0600Z to 2000Z daily on 25 and 26 jan in areas bound by: a. 32-53.00N 029-59.00E,…2023-01-20
- Gunnery exercises 050630Z to 050930Z feb in area bound by 34-15.0N 034-34.0E, 34-10.0N 034-41.5E, 33-53.0N…2022-01-31
- Gunnery exercises 0600Z to 2100Z daily 01 thru 03, 07 thru 10, 12, 18, 20, 24 and 28 feb in area bound by…2022-01-27
- Gunnery exercises 312100Z jan to 282100Z feb in area bound by 35-20N 035-27E, 35-20N 035-36E, 35-05N…2022-01-27
- Hazardous operations 210930Z to 211100Z jan in area bound by 34-28N 033-50E, 34-28N 034-10E, 34-13N 034-10E,…2022-01-18
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 03:26Z; 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.