Exercises

Hazardous operations 230700Z to 232100Z nov in area bound by 01-04.30S 048-37.10W, 01-06.00S 048-39.50W,…

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2652/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-11-23 22:00Z

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 V COASTAL 642/23 180402Z NOV 23.. Issued 2023-11-18 08:19Z. 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
South Atlantic Ocean. 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 South Atlantic Ocean →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2023-11-23 07:00Z2023-11-23 21:00Z—14 h

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

issued
2023-11-18 08:19Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2023-11-23 22:00Z
authority
NAVAREA V COASTAL 642/23 180402Z NOV 23.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
issued by
NAVAREA V COASTAL
sea
South Atlantic Ocean
position
-1.117, -48.610
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC.
BRAZIL.
DNC 01.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 230700Z TO 232100Z NOV
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   01-04.30S 048-37.10W, 01-06.00S 048-39.50W,
   01-10.00S 048-36.20W, 01-07.30S 048-33.70W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 232200Z NOV 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.
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.
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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

38 within 180 nm since 2006 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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24

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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A
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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 2026-10-02 22:23Z; 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.