Exercises

Hazardous operations 0600Z to 2359Z daily 22 thru 28 oct: a. in area bound by 35-50N 005-00W, 35-50N…

Alboran Sea · HYDROLANT 1744/07

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2007-10-29 00:00Z

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) · NAVAREA II 373 180005Z OCT 07.. Issued 2007-10-18 05:29Z. 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
Alboran 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 Alboran Sea →

Activity windows · 7 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2007-10-22 06:00Z2007-10-22 23:59Z—17 h 59
2007-10-23 06:00Z2007-10-23 23:59Z—17 h 59
2007-10-24 06:00Z2007-10-24 23:59Z—17 h 59
2007-10-25 06:00Z2007-10-25 23:59Z—17 h 59
2007-10-26 06:00Z2007-10-26 23:59Z—17 h 59
2007-10-27 06:00Z2007-10-27 23:59Z—17 h 59
2007-10-28 06:00Z2007-10-28 23:59Z—17 h 59

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

issued
2007-10-18 05:29Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA II 373 180005Z OCT 07.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea
Alboran Sea
position
35.712, -4.807
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0600Z TO 2359Z DAILY 22 THRU 28 OCT:
   A. IN AREA BOUND BY
      35-50N 005-00W, 35-50N 004-40W,
      35-30N 004-40W, 35-43N 005-00W.
   B. IN AREA BETWEEN 35-50N 35-30N AND 004-40W 004-20W.
   C. IN AREA BETWEEN 35-50N 35-30N AND 004-20W 004-00W.
   D. IN AREA BETWEEN 35-50N 35-30N AND 004-00W 003-40W.
   E. IN AREA BETWEEN 35-50N 35-30N AND 003-40W 003-30W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 29 OCT.

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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

76 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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

28 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 13:12Z; 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.