Exercises

Hazardous operations

Western South Atlantic · Brazil-north Coast · HYDROLANT 2694/16

issued
2016-10-14 19:03Z
status
cancelled 2016-10-17 00:59Z (archive)
self-cancels
2016-10-17 00:59Z
authority
NAVAREA V N 851/16 141821Z OCT 16.
sea
South Atlantic Ocean
position
-2.165, -44.263
source
nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC.
BRAZIL-NORTH COAST.
HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS.
DNC 01.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0001Z TO 2359Z DAILY
   14 THRU 16 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY
   02-18.93S 044-22.02W, 02-14.85S 044-23.57W,
   01-59.87S 044-15.83W, 02-06.44S 044-06.32W,
   02-18.81S 044-17.68W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 170059Z OCT 16.

Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2016-10-14 00:01Z2016-10-14 23:59Z23 h 58
2016-10-15 00:01Z2016-10-15 23:59Z23 h 58
2016-10-16 00:01Z2016-10-16 23:59Z23 h 58

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

This area · military exercises

84 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now

99
00
05
10
15
20
22

Season · when military exercises happen here

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

month of issue, all years in the archive

Nearby now · within 120 nm

Worldwide now

35 military exercises in force · see all

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.