Exercises

Hazardous operations 1700Z to 0400Z commencing daily 28 thru 30 jan in area bound by 36-55N 023-05E, 36-55N…

Aegean Sea · HYDROLANT 289/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-01-31 05:00Z

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 III 101/20 271216Z JAN 20.. Issued 2020-01-27 16:23Z. 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
Aegean 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.

Related notices and cancellation links

Current notices and reporting history in the Aegean Sea →

Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2020-01-28 17:00Z2020-01-29 04:00Z—11 h
2020-01-29 17:00Z2020-01-30 04:00Z—11 h
2020-01-30 17:00Z2020-01-31 04:00Z—11 h

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

issued
2020-01-27 16:23Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2020-01-31 05:00Z
authority
NAVAREA III 101/20 271216Z JAN 20.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Aegean Sea
position
37.058, 23.208
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

AEGEAN SEA.
DNC 09.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 1700Z TO 0400Z
   COMMENCING DAILY 28 THRU 30 JAN
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   36-55N 023-05E, 36-55N 023-20E,
   37-12N 023-20E, 37-12N 023-05E.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 284/20.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 310500Z JAN 20.

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.
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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROLANT
The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
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

976 within 180 nm since 1998 · 2 in the last 12 months · 2 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

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-04 03:52Z; 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.