Exercises

Gunnery exercises 0600Z to 1300Z daily 01 nov thru 31 dec in area bound by 36-56N 023-29E, 36-42N 023-32E,…

Aegean Sea · HYDROLANT 2312/99

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 1999-12-10 10:50Z

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 474/99 291157Z OCT 1999. Issued 1999-10-29 23:10Z. 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
Aegean 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Aegean Sea →

Activity windows · 61 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
1999-11-01 06:00Z1999-11-01 13:00Z—7 h
1999-11-02 06:00Z1999-11-02 13:00Z—7 h
1999-11-03 06:00Z1999-11-03 13:00Z—7 h
1999-11-04 06:00Z1999-11-04 13:00Z—7 h
1999-11-05 06:00Z1999-11-05 13:00Z—7 h
1999-11-06 06:00Z1999-11-06 13:00Z—7 h
1999-11-07 06:00Z1999-11-07 13:00Z—7 h
1999-11-08 06:00Z1999-11-08 13:00Z—7 h
… 53 more

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

issued
1999-10-29 23:10Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
1999-12-31 14:00Z
authority
NAVAREA III 474/99 291157Z OCT 1999
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Aegean Sea
position
36.786, 23.669
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0600Z TO 1300Z DAILY 01 NOV THRU 31 DEC
   IN AREA BOUND BY 36-56N 023-29E, 36-42N 023-32E, 36-41N 023-48E,
   36-47N 023-55E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 311400Z DEC.

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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

1002 within 180 nm since 1998 · 2 in the last 12 months · 2 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

17 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-24 23:28Z; 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.