Exercises

Hazardous operations 1126Z to 1656Z daily 17 thru 27 dec in areas bound by: a. 05-28N 053-03W, 05-09N…

Arctic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1989/04

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2004-12-18 18:18Z

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) · COMAR GUYANE 081145Z DEC 04.. Issued 2004-12-13 15:27Z. 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
Arctic 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.

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Activity windows · 11 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2004-12-17 11:26Z2004-12-17 16:56Z—5 h 30
2004-12-18 11:26Z2004-12-18 16:56Z—5 h 30
2004-12-19 11:26Z2004-12-19 16:56Z—5 h 30
2004-12-20 11:26Z2004-12-20 16:56Z—5 h 30
2004-12-21 11:26Z2004-12-21 16:56Z—5 h 30
2004-12-22 11:26Z2004-12-22 16:56Z—5 h 30
2004-12-23 11:26Z2004-12-23 16:56Z—5 h 30
2004-12-24 11:26Z2004-12-24 16:56Z—5 h 30
… 3 more

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

issued
2004-12-13 15:27Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2004-12-27 17:56Z
authority
COMAR GUYANE 081145Z DEC 04.
issued by
COMAR GUYANE
sea
Arctic Ocean
position
88.742, -134.860
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 1126Z TO 1656Z DAILY
   17 THRU 27 DEC IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 05-28N 053-03W, 05-09N 052-38W,
      05-21N 052-34W, 05-40N 053-00W.
   B. 10-46N 052-09W, 10-40N 051-37W,
      09-45N 051-47W, 09-50N 052-18W.
   C. 12-17N 052-33W, 12-12N 051-41W,
      11-23N 051-46W, 11-27N 052-37W.
   D. 16-19N 050-46W, 16-26N 051,49W,
      14-11N 052-06W, 14-04N 051-05W.
   E. 88-23N 148-30W, 89-05N 148-00W,
      88-24N 094-57W, 87-57N 110-00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 271756Z DEC.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · military exercises

2 within 180 nm since 2004 · 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

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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

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 2026-10-02 02:27Z; 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.