Exercises

Hazardous operations 2000Z to 0900Z commencing daily 27 oct thru 27 nov in area bound by 02-44N 023-41W,…

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3576/00

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2000-10-23 04:10Z

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 V 2223/00 220408Z OCT 00. Issued 2000-10-22 05:45Z. 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
North Atlantic Ocean. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →

Activity windows · 32 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2000-10-27 20:00Z2000-10-28 09:00Z—13 h
2000-10-28 20:00Z2000-10-29 09:00Z—13 h
2000-10-29 20:00Z2000-10-30 09:00Z—13 h
2000-10-30 20:00Z2000-10-31 09:00Z—13 h
2000-10-31 20:00Z2000-11-01 09:00Z—13 h
2000-11-01 20:00Z2000-11-02 09:00Z—13 h
2000-11-02 20:00Z2000-11-03 09:00Z—13 h
2000-11-03 20:00Z2000-11-04 09:00Z—13 h
… 24 more

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

issued
2000-10-22 05:45Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2000-11-28 10:00Z
authority
NAVAREA V 2223/00 220408Z OCT 00
NAVAREA
NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
2.875, -26.425
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 2000Z TO 0900Z COMMENCING DAILY 27 OCT
   THRU 27 NOV IN AREA BOUND BY 02-44N 023-41W, 02-22N 023-44W,
   03-01N 029-10W, 03-23N 029-07W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 281000Z NOV.

Reading this warning

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.
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

4 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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18

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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A
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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

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 02:32Z; 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.