Hazardous operations 0600Z to 1700Z daily 17 thru 28 jul in area bound by 43-43.00N 007-52.00E, 43-57.00N…
Ligurian Sea · HYDROLANT 2227/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-07-28 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 1027/20 151203Z JUL 20.. Issued 2020-07-15 12:50Z. 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
- Ligurian Sea. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Activity windows · 12 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-17 06:00Z | 2020-07-17 17:00Z | — | 11 h |
| 2020-07-18 06:00Z | 2020-07-18 17:00Z | — | 11 h |
| 2020-07-19 06:00Z | 2020-07-19 17:00Z | — | 11 h |
| 2020-07-20 06:00Z | 2020-07-20 17:00Z | — | 11 h |
| 2020-07-21 06:00Z | 2020-07-21 17:00Z | — | 11 h |
| 2020-07-22 06:00Z | 2020-07-22 17:00Z | — | 11 h |
| 2020-07-23 06:00Z | 2020-07-23 17:00Z | — | 11 h |
| 2020-07-24 06:00Z | 2020-07-24 17:00Z | — | 11 h |
| … 4 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2020-07-15 12:50Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-07-28 18:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 1027/20 151203Z JUL 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Ligurian Sea
- position
- 43.738, 8.390
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
LIGURIAN SEA. ITALY. DNC 08. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0600Z TO 1700Z DAILY 17 THRU 28 JUL IN AREA BOUND BY 43-43.00N 007-52.00E, 43-57.00N 008-20.00E, 43-56.27N 008-37.28E, 43-29.06N 008-45.00E, 43-43.00N 007-52.00E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 281800Z JUL 20.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
230 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.
- Hazardous operations 020001Z to 021200Z mar in area bound by 42-09.70N 006-40.56E, 41-22.00N 006-40.00E,…2022-03-01
- Hazardous operations 150700Z to 172300Z feb in areas bound by: a. 44-23.0N 008-40.2E, 44-23.5N 008-41.4E,…2022-02-13
- Hazardous operations 171100Z to 201800Z jan in area bound by 42-10.0N 007-47.4E, 42-10.0N 006-39.5E,…2022-01-13
- Hazardous operations in progess until 142359 nov in area bound by 42-09.52N 008-00.30E, 41-39.54N…2021-11-11
- Hazardous operations 110700Z to 152059 nov in area bound by 41-38N 007-29E, 41-22N 006-40E, 42-10N 006-40E,…2021-11-09
- Hazardous operations 090001Z to 112359Z nov in area bound by 42-09.1N 006-39.7E, 41-39.9N 006-40.7E,…2021-11-06
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
28 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:05Z; 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.