Gunnery exercises 121000Z to 121300Z sep in area bound by 42-25N 006-15E, 42-25N 007-09E, 42-00N 007-09E,…
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 3116/00
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2000-09-10 21:20Z
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 372/00 081225Z SEP 00. Issued 2000-09-08 18:07Z. 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
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin. 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 Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-09-12 10:00Z | 2000-09-12 13:00Z | — | 3 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2000-09-08 18:07Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2000-09-12 14:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 372/00 081225Z SEP 00
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
- position
- 42.177, 6.686
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 121000Z TO 121300Z SEP IN AREA BOUND BY 42-25N 006-15E, 42-25N 007-09E, 42-00N 007-09E, 41-55N 006-40E, 41-55N 006-15E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 121400Z SEP.
Reading this warning
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
277 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 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.
- Hazardous operations 0530Z to 1530Z daily 21 thru 28 apr and 02 thru 19 may in area bound by 39-42.84N…2023-04-21
- Hazardous operations 0530Z to 1530Z daily 28 apr thru 27 may except saturdays and sundays in area bound by…2022-04-27
- Gunnery exercises 0530Z to 2030Z daily 28 thru 31 mar and 04 thru 07 apr and 0530Z to 1530Z daily 01 and 08…2022-03-26
- Gunnery exercises 0630Z to 1630Z daily 22 thru 25 mar and 0530Z to 2030Z daily 28 mar thru 01 apr and 04…2022-03-18
- Hazardous operations 031200Z to 051200Z mar in area bound by 41-40.0N 006-40.0E, 40-00.0N 007-30.0E,…2022-03-01
- Hazardous operations 020001Z to 021200Z mar in area bound by 42-09.70N 006-40.56E, 41-22.00N 006-40.00E,…2022-03-01
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
28 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 05:44Z; 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.