Exercises

Hazardous operations

Eastern Mediterranean Sea · HYDROLANT 3498/16

issued
2016-12-27 12:09Z
status
cancelled 2017-01-16 22:00Z (archive)
self-cancels
2017-01-16 22:00Z
authority
NAVAREA III 752/16 271200Z DEC 16.
sea
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
position
35.061, 35.131
source
nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS.
DNC 10.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0500Z TO 2100Z DAILY
   28 DEC THRU 02 JAN 17, 04 THRU 09,
   11 THRU 16 JAN 17 IN AREA BOUND BY
   35-45.0N 034-56.0E, 35-45.0N 035-25.7E,
   34-33.7N 035-35.8E, 34-33.4N 035-18.8E,
   34-30.0N 035-07.0E, 34-29.7N 034-33.7E,
   35-05.7N 034-47.2E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 162200Z JAN 17.

Activity windows · 6 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2016-12-28 05:00Z2016-12-28 21:00Z16 h
2016-12-29 05:00Z2016-12-29 21:00Z16 h
2016-12-30 05:00Z2016-12-30 21:00Z16 h
2016-12-31 05:00Z2016-12-31 21:00Z16 h
2017-01-01 05:00Z2017-01-01 21:00Z16 h
2017-01-02 05:00Z2017-01-02 21:00Z16 h

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

1000 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now

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month of issue, all years in the archive

Nearby now · within 120 nm

Nothing else in force 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.