Gunnery exercises 0700Z to 1000Z, 1130Z to 1400Z and 1500Z to 2100Z daily 09 thru 12 oct in area bound by…
Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 3437/00
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2000-10-12 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) · MARIDIPART TARANTO 815/00 080900Z OCT 00. Issued 2000-10-08 08:53Z. 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
- Adriatic 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.
Activity windows · 12 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-10-09 07:00Z | 2000-10-09 10:00Z | — | 3 h |
| 2000-10-09 11:30Z | 2000-10-09 14:00Z | — | 2 h 30 |
| 2000-10-09 15:00Z | 2000-10-09 21:00Z | — | 6 h |
| 2000-10-10 07:00Z | 2000-10-10 10:00Z | — | 3 h |
| 2000-10-10 11:30Z | 2000-10-10 14:00Z | — | 2 h 30 |
| 2000-10-10 15:00Z | 2000-10-10 21:00Z | — | 6 h |
| 2000-10-11 07:00Z | 2000-10-11 10:00Z | — | 3 h |
| 2000-10-11 11:30Z | 2000-10-11 14:00Z | — | 2 h 30 |
| … 4 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2000-10-08 08:53Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2000-10-12 22:00Z
- authority
- MARIDIPART TARANTO 815/00 080900Z OCT 00
- issued by
- MARIDIPART TARANTO
- sea
- Adriatic Sea
- position
- 40.963, 18.296
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0700Z TO 1000Z, 1130Z TO 1400Z AND 1500Z TO 2100Z DAILY 09 THRU 12 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY 40-53-04N 018-10-53E, 41-05-00N 018-12-30E, 41-05-00N 018-16-30E, 40-53-04N 018-28-58E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 122200Z 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
275 within 180 nm since 1996 · 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 080700Z to 082100Z mar in area bound by 41-32.00N 018-31.00E, 41-27.00N 018-23.00E,…2023-03-04
- Hazardous operations 0700Z to 2100Z daily 11 thru 13 and 17 thru 19 feb in area bound by 41-32.00N…2023-02-07
- Hazardous operations 0700Z to 2100Z daily 11 thru 13 jan in area bound by 41-32.00N 018-31.00E, 41-27.00N…2023-01-07
- Hazardous operations 0700Z to 2100Z daily 13 and 14 dec in area bound by 41-32.00N 018-31.00E, 41-27.00N…2022-12-08
- Hazardous operations 250700Z to 252100Z nov in area bound by 41-32.00N 018-31.00E, 41-27.00N 018-23.00E,…2022-11-07
- Hazardous operations 100700Z to 112100Z nov in area bound by 41-32.00N 018-31.00E, 41-27.00N 018-23.00E,…2022-11-07
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
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 13:48Z; 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.