Exercises

British sovereign base area

Eastern Mediterranean Sea · HYDROLANT 1816/20

issued
2020-05-30 11:37Z
status
cancelled 2020-06-12 12:00Z (archive)
self-cancels
2020-06-12 12:00Z
authority
NAVAREA III 830/20 301112Z MAY 20.
sea
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
position
34.934, 33.861
source
nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
BRITISH SOVEREIGN BASE AREA.
CYPRUS.
DNC 10.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0300Z TO 1700Z DAILY
   01 AND 02, 0600Z TO 2100Z DAILY 03 THRU 05
   AND 08 THRU 11 AND 120300Z TO 121100Z JUN
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   34-58.6N 033-55.3E, 34-53.8N 033-54.3E,
   34-53.3N 033-52.5E, 34-53.5N 033-50.2E,
   34-54.7N 033-48.0E, 34-58.2N 033-48.6E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 121200Z JUN 20.

Activity windows · 7 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2020-06-03 03:00Z2020-06-03 17:00Z14 h
2020-06-03 06:00Z2020-06-03 21:00Z15 h
2020-06-04 03:00Z2020-06-04 17:00Z14 h
2020-06-04 06:00Z2020-06-04 21:00Z15 h
2020-06-05 03:00Z2020-06-05 17:00Z14 h
2020-06-05 06:00Z2020-06-05 21:00Z15 h
2020-06-12 03:00Z2020-06-12 11:00Z8 h

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

This area · military exercises

1115 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now

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month of issue, all years in the archive

Nearby now · within 120 nm

Nothing else in force within 120 nm.

Worldwide now

35 military exercises in force · see all

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.