Exercises

Hazardous operations 240001Z to 272359Z jan in area bound by 37-00N 005-18E, 36-50N 005-18E, 36-50N 005-30E,…

Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 205/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-01-28 01:00Z

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 37/22 222359Z JAN 22.. Issued 2022-01-22 17:27Z. 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
Mediterranean Sea - Western 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2022-01-24 00:01Z2022-01-27 23:59Z—95 h 58

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

issued
2022-01-22 17:27Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2022-01-28 01:00Z
authority
NAVAREA III 37/22 222359Z JAN 22.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
position
36.917, 5.400
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
ALGERIA.
DNC 08.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 240001Z TO 272359Z JAN
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   37-00N 005-18E, 36-50N 005-18E,
   36-50N 005-30E, 37-00N 005-30E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 280100Z JAN 22.

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.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

45 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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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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

28 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:45Z; 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.