Exercises

Gunnery exercises 0300Z to 1400Z daily 04, 05, 11 and 12 oct in area bound by 45-06.0N 036-28.0E, 43-56.8N…

Black Sea · HYDROLANT 2570/01

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2001-10-10 15:20Z

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 523/01 AOR-E EGC#599 010852Z OCT 01. Issued 2001-10-01 12:56Z. 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 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 Black Sea →

issued
2001-10-01 12:56Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2001-10-12 15:00Z
authority
NAVAREA III 523/01 AOR-E EGC#599 010852Z OCT 01
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Black Sea
position
44.532, 35.954
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0300Z TO 1400Z DAILY 04, 05, 11 AND 12 OCT
   IN AREA BOUND BY 45-06.0N 036-28.0E, 43-56.8N 036-21.5E,
   43-55.0N 035-30.0E, 45-07.0N 035-30.0E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 121500Z OCT.

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

1309 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 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

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 11:45Z; 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.