Exercises

Gunnery exercises 1100Z to 2000Z daily 13 and 18 nov in area bound by 02-16S 031-45W, 01-50S 032-16W, 00-16N…

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2066/05

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2005-11-18 21:00Z

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 V 914/05 100403Z NOV 05.. Issued 2005-11-10 06:58Z. 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: South 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 South Atlantic Ocean →

issued: 2005-11-10 06:58Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2005-11-18 21:00Z
authority: NAVAREA V 914/05 100403Z NOV 05.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
sea: South Atlantic Ocean
position: -0.994, -31.114
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 1100Z TO 2000Z DAILY
   13 AND 18 NOV IN AREA BOUND BY
   02-16S 031-45W, 01-50S 032-16W,
   00-16N 030-29W, 00-08S 029-57W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 182100Z NOV.

Reading this warning

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.

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Collected reports in this area · military exercises

12 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.

Hazardous operations 051400Z to 052000Z nov in area within ten miles of 01-52.00S 031-58.00W2023-11-01
Hazardous operations 051400Z to 052000Z nov in area within ten miles of 01-52.00S 031-58.00W2023-11-01
Hazardous operations 241000Z sep to 022000Z oct in area within 30 miles of 02-10S 032-00W2020-09-19
Hazardous operations2015-10-22
Hazardous operations2015-06-15
Penedos de sao pedro e sao paulo2012-09-24

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

10 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 05:07Z; 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.