Gunnery exercises 0600Z to 1200Z daily 03 thru 05 jun in area bound by 58-02N 008-40E, 58-30N 009-32E,…
Skagerrak · HYDROLANT 1859/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-06-04 11:34Z
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 73/20 021735Z JUN 20.. Issued 2020-06-02 18:25Z. 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
- Skagerrak. 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
- Cancel HYDROLANT 1859/20 and this msg, exercise completedlater cancellation notice
Activity windows · 3 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-03 06:00Z | 2020-06-03 12:00Z | — | 6 h |
| 2020-06-04 06:00Z | 2020-06-04 12:00Z | — | 6 h |
| 2020-06-05 06:00Z | 2020-06-05 12:00Z | — | 6 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2020-06-02 18:25Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-06-05 13:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA I 73/20 021735Z JUN 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Skagerrak
- position
- 58.171, 9.266
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SKAGERRAK. NORWAY. DNC 04. 1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0600Z TO 1200Z DAILY 03 THRU 05 JUN IN AREA BOUND BY 58-02N 008-40E, 58-30N 009-32E, 58-19N 009-53E, 57-50N 008-58E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 051300Z JUN 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.
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
1 within 180 nm since 2020 · 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.
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
28 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 08:36Z; 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.