Hazardous operations
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 1861/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-08-04 09:30Z
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 357/13 311200Z JUL 13 - NAVAREA I 193/13 311050Z JUL 13.. Issued 2013-07-31 13:12Z. 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
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin. 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 Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
Activity windows · 6 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-01 05:30Z | 2013-08-01 08:30Z | — | 3 h |
| 2013-08-01 19:30Z | 2013-08-01 22:30Z | — | 3 h |
| 2013-08-02 05:30Z | 2013-08-02 08:30Z | — | 3 h |
| 2013-08-03 00:30Z | 2013-08-03 03:30Z | — | 3 h |
| 2013-08-04 01:30Z | 2013-08-04 03:30Z | — | 2 h |
| 2013-08-04 05:30Z | 2013-08-04 08:30Z | — | 3 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2013-07-31 13:12Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2013-08-04 09:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 357/13 311200Z JUL 13 - NAVAREA I 193/13 311050Z JUL 13.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 34.112, 34.426
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 010530Z TO 010830Z,
011930Z TO 012230Z, 020530Z TO 020830Z,
030030Z TO 030330Z, 040130Z TO 040330Z AND
040530Z TO 040830Z AUG IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 34-25.0N 034-00.0E, 34-29.3N 034-07.0E,
34-23.0N 034-19.0E, 34-00.0N 034-08.0E,
34-10.0N 034-00.0E.
B. 34-20.3N 034-23.0E, 34-13.4N 034-35.4E,
34-00.0N 034-33.0E, 34-00.0N 034-14.0E.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1310/13(43), SURVEY COMPLETED.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 040930Z AUG 13.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
1077 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 180600Z to 182200Z jul in area bound by 34-18.88N 035-40.27E, 34-19.31N 035-39.15E,…2023-07-18
- Hazardous operations 0600Z to 2000Z daily on 25 and 26 jan in areas bound by: a. 32-53.00N 029-59.00E,…2023-01-20
- Hazardous operations 0600Z to 2100Z daily 23 and 24 jan in area bound by 32-53.00N 034-40.00E, 32-33.00N…2023-01-20
- Hazardous operations 0600Z to 1500Z daily 12 and 13 jan in area bound by 36-04.00N 035-08.00E, 36-09.00N…2023-01-09
- Hazardous operations 0900Z to 1600Z daily 06 and 07 dec in area bound by 36-09.00N 035-14.15E, 36-09.00N…2022-12-02
- Hazardous operations 240200Z oct to 032100Z nov 22 in area bound by 35-50.73N 032-46.82E, 35-36.55N…2022-10-23
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
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-04 03:38Z; 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.