Hazardous operations 1800Z to 0400Z commencing daily 29 jan thru 10 feb in area bound by 72-14.1N 006-11.2E,…
Norwegian Sea · HYDROLANT 177/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-02-11 05:00Z
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 I 20/08 240938Z JAN 08.. Issued 2008-01-25 11:13Z. 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
Current notices and reporting history in the Norwegian Sea →
Activity windows · 13 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-01-29 18:00Z | 2008-01-30 04:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2008-01-30 18:00Z | 2008-01-31 04:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2008-01-31 18:00Z | 2008-02-01 04:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2008-02-01 18:00Z | 2008-02-02 04:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2008-02-02 18:00Z | 2008-02-03 04:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2008-02-03 18:00Z | 2008-02-04 04:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2008-02-04 18:00Z | 2008-02-05 04:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2008-02-05 18:00Z | 2008-02-06 04:00Z | — | 10 h |
| … 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
- 2008-01-25 11:13Z
- 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 1800Z 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 HYDROLANT 172/08. 3. 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
46 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Hazardous operations 1600Z to 0200Z daily 13 and 14 sep in area bound by 69-04.00N 015-40.00E, 69-09.00N…2023-09-12
- Hazardous operations 0800Z to 1800Z daily 30 aug thru 08 sep in areas bound by: a. 69-31.50N 016-45.00E,…2023-08-29
- Hazardous operations 1800Z to 0200Z daily 17 thru 26 apr in areas bound by: a. 69-00.00N 012-18.00E,…2023-04-15
- Hazardous operations 1500Z to 2000Z daily 27 jun thru 01 jul in area bound by 69-07.00N 015-37.00E,…2022-06-24
- Norway DNC 21, DNC 222022-05-07
- Hazardous operations 0700Z to 1000Z and 1400Z to 1700Z daily 10 and 11 sep in area bound by 72-35N 020-10E,…2021-09-08
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
10 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 04:38Z; 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.