Hazardous operations occur in the Black Sea off Turkey daily from 30 September to 2 October, 1000Z to 1130Z, with warning canceled after 2 October 1230Z.
Black Sea · HYDROLANT 1897/26
What this record establishes
Listed in force
The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-09-25 08:59Z. First collected 2026-09-25 18:17Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-25 20:32Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Black 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.
Activity windows · 3 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 10:00Z | 2026-09-30 11:30Z | — | 1 h 30 |
| 2026-10-01 10:00Z | 2026-10-01 11:30Z | — | 1 h 30 |
| 2026-10-02 10:00Z | 2026-10-02 11:30Z | — | 1 h 30 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2026-09-25 08:59Z
- status
- Listed in force
- self-cancels
- 2026-10-02 12:30Z
- sea
- Black Sea
- position
- 42.133, 36.460
- nearest port
- Samsun · 50 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-25 18:17Z
Original warning text
BLACK SEA. TURKEY. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 1000Z TO 1130Z DAILY 30 SEP THRU 02 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY 41-10.77N 040-50.82E, 41-04.83N 040-29.55E, 42-01.32N 035-13.48E, 42-03.35N 035-10.43E, 42-06.15N 035-00.88E, 42-06.50N 034-56.10E, 41-58.57N 034-41.63E, 42-03.78N 033-19.17E, 42-05.00N 032-16.68E, 42-12.17N 031-44.12E, 42-47.13N 031-39.30E, 42-47.85N 032-49.68E, 42-46.83N 034-05.27E, 42-41.00N 037-40.00E, 41-35.35N 041-01.92E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 021230Z OCT 26.
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.
- 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.
Conditions at the position · now
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MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
708 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 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 102101Z to 162130Z mar in area bound by 42-38.02N 037-46.57E, 42-40.35N 037-40.37E,…2024-03-07
- Hazardous operations 0001Z to 0200Z daily 11 and 13 aug in area bound by 41-58.57N 028-02.00E, 41-58.78N…2023-08-05
- Hazardous operations 0300Z to 0430Z daily 23 thru 25 may in area bound by 42-44.37N 031-32.30E, 42-42.88N…2023-05-19
- Hazardous operations 192101Z mar to 022059Z apr in area bound by 42-01.58N 035-10.75E, 42-15.77N 035-11.78E,…2023-03-15
- Hazardous operations 062101Z to 182059Z feb in area bound by 42-01.58N 035-10.75E, 42-15.77N 035-11.78E,…2023-02-04
- Hazardous operations 222059Z to 312359Z dec in area bound by 42-38.00N 037-48.57E, 42-40.35N 037-40.37E,…2022-12-19
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
30 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 20:36Z; 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.