Ordnance

Ordnance detonations 0700Z to 1600Z daily 29 and 30 nov in area bound by 42-09N 016-00E, 42-41N 016-20E,…

Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 3922/00

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2000-11-30 17:00Z

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) · CTF SIX ZERO REQ #111701 171005Z NOV 00. Issued 2000-11-24 11:25Z. 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Adriatic Sea →

issued
2000-11-24 11:25Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2000-11-30 17:00Z
authority
CTF SIX ZERO REQ #111701 171005Z NOV 00
issued by
CTF SIX ZERO REQ
sea
Adriatic Sea
position
42.006, 17.642
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. ORDNANCE DETONATIONS 0700Z TO 1600Z DAILY 29 AND 30 NOV
   IN AREA BOUND BY 42-09N 016-00E, 42-41N 016-20E,
   42-13N 018-22E, 41-38N 019-10E, 41-10N 018-50E,
   41-41N 017-51E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301700Z NOV.

Reading this warning

Unexploded ordnance
Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations

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

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00
01

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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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

0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 12:24Z; source collection times vary.

Ordnance

Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →

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.