Exercises

Hazardous operations

Eastern Mediterranean Sea · HYDROLANT 1609/12

issued
2012-07-17 14:25Z
status
cancelled 2012-07-20 20:00Z (archive)
self-cancels
2012-07-20 20:00Z
authority
NAVAREA III 284/12 171142Z JUL 12.
sea
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
position
34.125, 34.431
source
nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 181100Z TO 181400Z,
   190730Z TO 191030Z, 191330Z TO 191630Z
   AND 201600Z TO 201900Z JUL
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 34-25N 034-00E, 34-31N 034-10E,
      34-25N 034-20E, 34-00N 034-08E,
      34-10N 034-00E.
   B. 34-23N 034-24E, 34-15N 034-36E,
      34-00N 034-33E, 34-00N 034-14E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 202000Z JUL 12.

Activity windows · 4 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2012-07-18 11:00Z2012-07-18 14:00Z3 h
2012-07-19 07:30Z2012-07-19 10:30Z3 h
2012-07-19 13:30Z2012-07-19 16:30Z3 h
2012-07-20 16:00Z2012-07-20 19:00Z3 h

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

This area · military exercises

1078 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now

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month of issue, all years in the archive

Nearby now · within 120 nm

Nothing else in force within 120 nm.

Worldwide now

35 military exercises in force · see all

Exercises

Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises

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