Exercises

Hazardous operations 0800Z to 1630Z daily until 31 dec except sundays in area bound by 35-55.54N 014-28.32E,…

Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 1632/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-12-31 17:30Z

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 522/21 181313Z JUN 21.. Issued 2021-06-18 13:31Z. 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: 2021-06-18 13:31Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2021-12-31 17:30Z
authority: NAVAREA III 522/21 181313Z JUN 21.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea: Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
position: 35.963, 14.487
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
MALTA.
DNC 09.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0800Z TO 1630Z DAILY
   UNTIL 31 DEC EXCEPT SUNDAYS IN AREA BOUND BY
   35-55.54N 014-28.32E, 35-59.46N 014-27.15E,
   35-58.29N 014-32.19E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 311730Z DEC 21.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · military exercises

241 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.

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

Submarine cable and rov works days 280000 UTC sep 26 to 071000 UTC oct 26 at points: 36-12.78N 015-52.58E…Cable ops · 67 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

28 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 23:03Z; 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.