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Hydrographic operations in progress until 311700Z dec vicinity of tracklines: a. between 45-14.7N 036-35.6E…

Sea of Azov · HYDROLANT 2021/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-12-31 18:00Z

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 477/15 181159Z AUG 15.. Issued 2015-08-18 13:45Z. 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
Sea of Azov. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Sea of Azov →

issued
2015-08-18 13:45Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2015-12-31 18:00Z
authority
NAVAREA III 477/15 181159Z AUG 15.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Sea of Azov
position
45.293, 36.527
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

KERCH STRAIT.
DNC 10.
1. HYDROGRAPHIC OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 311700Z DEC
   VICINITY OF TRACKLINES:
   A. BETWEEN 45-14.7N 036-35.6E AND 45-15.0N 036-34.7E.
   B. BETWEEN 45-17.6N 036-31.2E AND 45-18.4N 036-30.5E.
   C. JOINING
      45-18.6N 036-30.4E, 45-19.0N 036-30.1E,
      45-19.0N 036-30.0E, 45-19.3N 036-29.7E,
      45-19.4N 036-29.3E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 311800Z DEC 15.

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.
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.
Track line joining
Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

28 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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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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

21 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 10:09Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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