Ordnance

Unexploded ordnance in 45-18.2N 036-28.6E

Sea of Azov · HYDROLANT 1624/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-07-13 11:56Z

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 387/15 030908Z JUL 15.. Issued 2015-07-03 10:57Z. 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
Sea of Azov. The parsed report position is 45.303, 36.477. 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
2015-07-03 10:57Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA III 387/15 030908Z JUL 15.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Sea of Azov
position
45.303, 36.477
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

KERCH STRAIT.
ORDNANCE.
DNC 10.
CHART 55205.
UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE IN 45-18.2N 036-28.6E.

Reading this warning

Unexploded ordnance
Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
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.
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

50 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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

0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 20:10Z; source collection times vary.

Ordnance

Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →

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