Exercises

Hazardous operations 0500Z to 1600Z daily 27 may thru 14 jul, 16 thru 29 jul, 04 thru 28 aug, 31 aug thru 27…

Aegean Sea · HYDROLANT 1759/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-12-31 17:00Z

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 III 793/20 251201Z MAY 20.. Issued 2020-05-25 13:36Z. 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Aegean Sea →

Activity windows · 49 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2020-05-27 05:00Z	2020-05-27 16:00Z	—	11 h
2020-05-28 05:00Z	2020-05-28 16:00Z	—	11 h
2020-05-29 05:00Z	2020-05-29 16:00Z	—	11 h
2020-05-30 05:00Z	2020-05-30 16:00Z	—	11 h
2020-05-31 05:00Z	2020-05-31 16:00Z	—	11 h
2020-06-01 05:00Z	2020-06-01 16:00Z	—	11 h
2020-06-02 05:00Z	2020-06-02 16:00Z	—	11 h
2020-06-03 05:00Z	2020-06-03 16:00Z	—	11 h
… 41 more

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

issued: 2020-05-25 13:36Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2020-12-31 17:00Z
authority: NAVAREA III 793/20 251201Z MAY 20.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea: Aegean Sea
position: 40.327, 25.098
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

AEGEAN SEA.
DNC 09.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0500Z TO 1600Z DAILY
   27 MAY THRU 14 JUL, 16 THRU 29 JUL,
   04 THRU 28 AUG, 31 AUG THRU 27 OCT,
   30 OCT, 02 THRU 09 NOV, AND
   11 NOV THRU 31 DEC
   EXCEPT SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   40-35.0N 024-58.0E, 40-18.0N 025-30.0E,
   40-16.5N 025-39.0E, 40-07.0N 025-33.0E,
   40-20.0N 024-56.0E, 40-09.0N 024-45.0E,
   40-11.0N 024-33.0E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 311700Z DEC 20.

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

675 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 in the last 12 months · 2 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

Hazardous operations 0500Z to 1500Z daily until 14 jun and 16 sep thru 31 dec except fridays, saturdays,…Exercises · 58.8 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 23:19Z; 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.