Mine reported adrift in 45-04.00N 029-57.00E at 231511Z oct
Black Sea · HYDROLANT 2422/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-10-26 19:53Z
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) · ROMANIA 131/23 231901Z OCT 23.. Issued 2023-10-23 19:57Z. 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
- Black Sea. The parsed report position is 45.067, 29.950. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 2017/232023-09-07 · Listed in force
- HYDROLANT 2422/23 · this notice2023-10-23 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 558/242024-03-16 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2023-10-23 19:57Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-10-26 19:53Z
- authority
- ROMANIA 131/23 231901Z OCT 23.
- issued by
- ROMANIA
- sea
- Black Sea
- position
- 45.067, 29.950
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BLACK SEA. ROMANIA. DNC 10. 1. MINE REPORTED ADRIFT IN 45-04.00N 029-57.00E AT 231511Z OCT. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 261953Z OCT 23.
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.
- Mines and mine danger areas
- Sea mines reported adrift or found, and areas where mines are known or suspected to remain.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · mine warnings
14 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 5 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.
- Due to the presence of mines, all vessels approaching and departing romanian ports are encouraged to use the…2024-09-30
- Mine adrift in vicinity 44-51.09N 029-59.29E at 161236Z mar2024-03-16
- Mine adrift in vicnity 43-54.01N 028-39.06E at 061545Z mar2024-03-06
- Mining operations in progress until further notice in areas bound by: a. 46-22.50N 030-45.10E, 46-20.20N…2023-10-27
- Mines reported in area within five miles of 45-07.10N 030-09.70E2023-09-07
- Mine adrift in vicinity 45-08.93N 029-56.48E at 151400Z may2023-05-15
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
- Mines reported in area within five miles of 45-07.10N 030-09.70EMines · 9.5 nm
- War risk area, in northwestern part of black sea to northern of line 45-12.2N 029-41.1E 45-11.5N 029-41.4E…War risk · 38.9 nm
- The coordinator of coastal alerts of ukraine has declared the following coastal approach instructions for…War risk · 48.6 nm
- Ukrainian coastal warning coordinator has declared the following coastal aproach instructions for entry or…Other · 49.1 nm
- Mining operations in progress until further notice in areas bound by: a. 46-22.50N 030-45.10E, 46-20.20N…Mines · 51.8 nm
- Due to the presence of mines, all vessels approaching and departing romanian ports are encouraged to use the…Mines · 57.6 nm
- 1- neptun alpha production platform has been established at the central coordinate point: 44-02.85N 030-35.25EStructures · 67 nm
- Underwater operations 05 jan 25 thru 31 dec 26 in area bound by 44-04.40N 030-34.13E, 44-02.40N 030-30.50E,…Surveys · 74 nm
- Object adrift in vicinity 43-55.10N 030-37.65E at 250923Z sepDebris · 74.8 nm
- Fog signal at constanta outer harbor light 44-08.61N 028-40.37E inoperativeNav aids · 77.8 nm
- Hazardous operations in progress until further notice in area bound by 45-05N 033-33E, 45-59N 033-51E,…Exercises · 84.1 nm
- Due to mine danger navigation prohibited untill further notice in area bounded by: a 46-04.0N 033-12.8E…Mines · 118.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
8 mine warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 05:39Z; source collection times vary.
Mines
Drifting or reported sea mines. Mostly the Black Sea since 2022. All current mine warnings →
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.