Exercises

Hazardous operations 2301Z to 2259Z commencing daily 07, 08, 10 and 11 nov in areas bound by: a. 38-55-10N…

Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 2085/03

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2003-11-12 23:59Z

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) · MARISARDGENA 146/03 060757Z NOV 03; NAVAREA III 775/03 061214Z NOV 03. Issued 2003-11-06 12:20Z. 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.

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 2301Z TO 2259Z COMMENCING
   DAILY 07, 08, 10 AND 11 NOV IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 38-55-10N 008-42-30E, 38-50-00N 008-48-00E,
      38-46-15N 008-48-00E, 38-43-30N 008-41-15E,
      38-49-00N 008-26-00E, 38-56-10N 008-26-40E,
      38-57-00N 008-37-06E.
   B. 38-55-10N 008-42-30E, 38-50-00N 008-50-00E,
      38-40-00N 008-50-00E, 38-40-00N 008-24-30E,
      38-40-00N 008-24-30E, 38-51-30N 008-24-30E,
      38-56-10N 008-26-40E, 39-00-00N 008-29-00E,
      39-00-00N 008-32-00E, 38-57-30N 008-35-30E.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2069/03(54).
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 122359Z NOV.

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.
Cancellation reference: A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROLANT: The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
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

350 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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

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 09:27Z; 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.

What this record establishes

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Collected reports in this area · military exercises

Month of issue in the collected archive

Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

Exercises