Exercises

Gunnery exercises 01 sep thru 31 dec in areas bound by: a. 33-41.04N 008-03.04W, 33-41.04N 008-26.91W,…

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1921/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-01-01 00:01Z

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 II 224/23 271500Z AUG 23.. Issued 2023-08-27 15:23Z. 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
North Atlantic Ocean. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →

issued
2023-08-27 15:23Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2024-01-01 00:01Z
authority
NAVAREA II 224/23 271500Z AUG 23.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
33.865, -8.213
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
MOROCCO.
DNC 01, DNC 08.
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 01 SEP THRU 31 DEC
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 33-41.04N 008-03.04W, 33-41.04N 008-26.91W,
      33-48.57N 008-25.20W, 33-55.20N 008-19.83W,
      33-59.48N 008-12.24W, 34-00.97N 008-03.04W.
   B. 29-53.03N 010-15.00W, 29-53.03N 010-37.91W,
      30-00.48N 010-36.31W, 30-07.34N 010-31.06W,
      30-11.50N 010-23.86W, 30-12.93N 010-15.00W.
   C. 27-00.00N 013-50.00W, 27-00.00N 014-12.31W,
      27-07.64N 014-10.67W, 27-14.20N 014-05.75W,
      27-18.48N 013-58.64W, 27-19.98N 013-50.00W.
   D. 23-35.00N 017-00.00W, 23-35.00N 017-21.74W,
      23-42.69N 017-20.11W, 23-49.03N 017-15.57W,
      23-53.44N 017-08.42W, 23-54.98N 017-00.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 010001Z JAN 24.

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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

65 within 180 nm since 2001 · 5 in the last 12 months · 1 listed in force now

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26

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

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

31 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-29 18:11Z; 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.