Exercises

Hazardous operations 0800Z to 1300Z daily 19 thru 30 sep in area within 15 miles of 36-17.00N 035-08.00E

Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 2351/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-09-30 14:00Z

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) · TURKEY 129/22 162038Z SEP 22.. Issued 2022-09-16 21:26Z. 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 parsed report position is 36.283, 35.133 with a 15.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →

Activity windows · 12 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2022-09-19 08:00Z2022-09-19 13:00Z—5 h
2022-09-20 08:00Z2022-09-20 13:00Z—5 h
2022-09-21 08:00Z2022-09-21 13:00Z—5 h
2022-09-22 08:00Z2022-09-22 13:00Z—5 h
2022-09-23 08:00Z2022-09-23 13:00Z—5 h
2022-09-24 08:00Z2022-09-24 13:00Z—5 h
2022-09-25 08:00Z2022-09-25 13:00Z—5 h
2022-09-26 08:00Z2022-09-26 13:00Z—5 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
2022-09-16 21:26Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2022-09-30 14:00Z
authority
TURKEY 129/22 162038Z SEP 22.
issued by
TURKEY
sea
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
position
36.283, 35.133 · r 15.0 nm
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
TURKEY.
DNC 10.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0800Z TO 1300Z DAILY
   19 THRU 30 SEP IN AREA WITHIN 15 MILES
   OF 36-17.00N 035-08.00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301400Z SEP 22.

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.
Within a radius of
A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
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

906 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 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

28 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:05Z; 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.