Exercises

Gunnery exercises 0600Z to 1300Z daily 20, 26 and 28 jan, 09, 11, 15, 17, 22 thru 25 and 29 feb, 0600Z to…

Aegean Sea · HYDROLANT 172/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-02-29 14:00Z

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) · GREEK NAVTEX IRAKLEIO 25/16 181430Z JAN 16 - NAVAREA III 39/16 201102Z JAN 16.. Issued 2016-01-20 11:37Z. 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
Aegean 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.

Related notices and cancellation links

Current notices and reporting history in the Aegean Sea →

issued
2016-01-20 11:37Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2016-02-29 14:00Z
authority
GREEK NAVTEX IRAKLEIO 25/16 181430Z JAN 16 - NAVAREA III 39/16 201102Z JAN 16.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
issued by
GREEK NAVTEX IRAKLEIO
sea
Aegean Sea
position
36.786, 23.669
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

AEGEAN SEA.
GUNNERY.
DNC 09.
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0600Z TO 1300Z DAILY
   20, 26 AND 28 JAN, 09, 11, 15, 17,
   22 THRU 25 AND 29 FEB, 0600Z TO 0945Z
   AND 1140Z TO 1300Z DAILY 19 AND 21 JAN,
   02, 04, 16 AND 18 FEB, 0600Z TO 1600Z DAILY
   25 AND 27 JAN, 01, 03, 08 AND 10 FEB,
   0530Z TO 1000Z DAILY 29 JAN, 05 AND 12 FEB
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   36-56N 023-29E, 36-42N 023-32E,
   36-41N 023-48E, 36-47N 023-55E.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 769/15(54,56).
3. CANCEL HYDROLANT 42/16.
4. CANCEL THIS MSG 291400Z FEB 16.

Reading this warning

Gunnery and live firing
Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
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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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROLANT
The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
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

1002 within 180 nm since 1998 · 2 in the last 12 months · 2 listed in force now

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

28 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:26Z; 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.