Gunnery exercises 0900Z to 1200Z daily 27 thru 31 jul in area bound by 33-24N 013-09E, 33-24N 012-46E,…
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 2321/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-07-31 13:00Z
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 1063/20 231210Z JUL 20.. Issued 2020-07-23 12:10Z. 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
- 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.
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
Activity windows · 5 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-27 09:00Z | 2020-07-27 12:00Z | — | 3 h |
| 2020-07-28 09:00Z | 2020-07-28 12:00Z | — | 3 h |
| 2020-07-29 09:00Z | 2020-07-29 12:00Z | — | 3 h |
| 2020-07-30 09:00Z | 2020-07-30 12:00Z | — | 3 h |
| 2020-07-31 09:00Z | 2020-07-31 12:00Z | — | 3 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2020-07-23 12:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-07-31 13:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 1063/20 231210Z JUL 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 33.483, 12.958
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. LYBIA. DNC 09. 1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0900Z TO 1200Z DAILY 27 THRU 31 JUL IN AREA BOUND BY 33-24N 013-09E, 33-24N 012-46E, 33-34N 012-46E, 33-34N 013-09E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 311300Z 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
94 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 in progress until 17 oct in area bound by 33-23N 011-25E, 33-23N 011-31E, 33-18N…2021-10-13
- Hazardous operations 0800Z to 1630Z daily until 31 dec except sundays in area bound by 35-55.54N 014-28.32E,…2021-06-18
- Gunnery exercises 020700Z to 032000Z dec in area bound by 36-39N 012-12E, 36-10N 012-12E, 36-10N 012-50E,…2020-12-01
- Hazardous operations 050600Z to 051400Z and 0600Z to 1400Z daily 07 thru 09 oct in area within nine miles of…2020-10-03
- Gunnery exercises 0700Z to 1700Z daily 21 thru 25 sep in area bound by 33-24N 013-09E, 33-24N 012-46E,…2020-09-18
- Gunnery exercises 0700Z to 1700Z daily 21 thru 25 sep in area within 15 miles of 33-38N 014-36E2020-09-18
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 07:19Z; 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.