Gunnery exercises 0700Z to 1400Z daily 21, 27 thru 30 aug and 02 thru 05 sep: a. in areas bound by: 1.…
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 2263/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-09-05 15:00Z
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) · MINHAL SAPANUT-HAIFA FAX 07 AUG 01; NAVAREA III 390/01 161351Z AUG; NAVAREA II 304/01 161350Z AUG. Issued 2001-08-16 16:36Z. 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 - Eastern 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
- issued
- 2001-08-16 16:36Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2001-09-05 15:00Z
- authority
- MINHAL SAPANUT-HAIFA FAX 07 AUG 01; NAVAREA III 390/01 161351Z AUG; NAVAREA II 304/01 161350Z AUG
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- MINHAL SAPANUT-HAIFA FAX
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 31.455, 32.331
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0700Z TO 1400Z DAILY 21, 27 THRU 30 AUG
AND 02 THRU 05 SEP:
A. IN AREAS BOUND BY:
1. 31-50.8N 034-39.3E, 31-49.3N 034-34.2E, 31-49.3N 034-33.1E,
31-51.5N 034-33.1E, 31-59.9N 034-35.7E, 32-01.0N 034-37.7E,
31-55.9N 034-42.0E.
2. 32-54.0N 030-24.0E, 32-42.0N 032-54.0E, 31-00.0N 032-54.0E,
32-00.0N 030-24.0E.
B. WITHIN TEN MILES OF 31-45.4N 033-54.3E.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2133/01(53).
3. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2242/01(57), OPERATIONS COMPLETED.
4. CANCEL THIS MSG 051500Z SEP.
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.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
209 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 0600Z to 2000Z daily on 25 and 26 jan in areas bound by: a. 32-53.00N 029-59.00E,…2023-01-20
- Hazardous operations 0600Z to 2100Z daily 23 and 24 jan in area bound by 32-53.00N 034-40.00E, 32-33.00N…2023-01-20
- Hazardous operations 29 sep thru 07 oct in area bound by 33-07N 035-06E, 33-07N 035-07E, 33-06N 035-07E,…2021-09-28
- Gunnery exercises 110600Z to 110800Z, 111200Z to 111400Z, 111800Z to 112000Z and 121200Z to 121600Z may in…2021-05-11
- Hazardous operations 250700Z to 251100Z mar in area bound by 31-05.0N 029-15.0E, 30-50.0N 029-15.0E,…2021-03-23
- Gunnery exercises 231800Z to 232200Z mar in area bound by 31-46.5N 028-47.0E, 31-46.50N 029-14.0E, 31-26.5N…2021-03-22
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 11:25Z; 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.