Gunnery exercises 0600Z to 1700Z daily 06 thru 08 nov in area bound by 40-33N 026-51E, 40-34N 026-53E,…
Sea of Marmara · HYDROLANT 3686/00
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2000-11-08 18:00Z
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 459/00 AOR-E EGC #744 021030Z NOV 00; NAVAREA III 460/00 AOR-E EGC #745 021039Z NOV 00. Issued 2000-11-02 12:05Z. 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
- Sea of Marmara. 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
- 30 meter object adrift vicinity 34-18N 011-25Ecancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Sea of Marmara →
Activity windows · 3 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-11-06 06:00Z | 2000-11-06 17:00Z | — | 11 h |
| 2000-11-07 06:00Z | 2000-11-07 17:00Z | — | 11 h |
| 2000-11-08 06:00Z | 2000-11-08 17:00Z | — | 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
- 2000-11-02 12:05Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2000-11-08 18:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 459/00 AOR-E EGC #744 021030Z NOV 00; NAVAREA III 460/00 AOR-E EGC #745 021039Z NOV 00
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Sea of Marmara
- position
- 40.535, 26.891
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0600Z TO 1700Z DAILY 06 THRU 08 NOV IN AREA BOUND BY 40-33N 026-51E, 40-34N 026-53E, 40-32N 026-57E, 40-30N 026-52E. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 3644/00(52). 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 081800Z NOV.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
665 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 in the last 12 months · 2 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 0500Z to 1500Z daily until 14 jun and 16 sep thru 31 dec except fridays, saturdays,…2026-02-03
- Hazardous operations sunrise to sunset daily until 14 jun and 16 sep thru 31 dec in area bound by 38-16.00N…2026-02-03
- Hazardous operations 0500Z to 1500Z daily 16 jan thru 14 jun and 16 sep thru 31 dec in area bound by…2024-01-16
- Hazardous operations sunrise to sunset 01 jan thru 14 jun and 16 sep thru 31 dec in area bound by 38-16.00N…2024-01-16
- Hazardous operations sunrise to sunset 01 jan thru 14 jun and 16 sep thru 31 dec in area bound by 38-16.00N…2024-01-14
- Hazardous operations in progress 0500Z to 1500Z monday thru thursday until 31 dec 22 except holidays in area…2023-12-30
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 03:59Z; 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.