Exercises

Hazardous operations 2359Z to 0400Z commencing daily 29 jan thru 10 feb in area bound by 72-14.1N 006-11.2E,…

Norwegian Sea · HYDROLANT 172/08

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2008-01-25 11:13Z

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 I 20/08 240938Z JAN 08.. Issued 2008-01-24 12:05Z. 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
Norwegian Sea. 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 Norwegian Sea →

Activity windows · 13 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2008-01-29 23:59Z2008-01-30 04:00Z—4 h 01
2008-01-30 23:59Z2008-01-31 04:00Z—4 h 01
2008-01-31 23:59Z2008-02-01 04:00Z—4 h 01
2008-02-01 23:59Z2008-02-02 04:00Z—4 h 01
2008-02-02 23:59Z2008-02-03 04:00Z—4 h 01
2008-02-03 23:59Z2008-02-04 04:00Z—4 h 01
2008-02-04 23:59Z2008-02-05 04:00Z—4 h 01
2008-02-05 23:59Z2008-02-06 04:00Z—4 h 01
… 5 more

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

issued
2008-01-24 12:05Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2008-02-11 05:00Z
authority
NAVAREA I 20/08 240938Z JAN 08.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA I · named as the source of this relay
sea
Norwegian Sea
position
72.125, 12.958
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 2359Z TO 0400Z COMMENCING
   DAILY 29 JAN THRU 10 FEB IN AREA BOUND BY
   72-14.1N 006-11.2E, 73-35.1N 014-01.0E,
   70-33.3N 018-40.3E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 110500Z FEB.

Reading this warning

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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

46 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-04 05:37Z; 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.