Unexploded ordnance in area: a. within 800 meters of 44-05.20N 038-52.40E
Black Sea · HYDROLANT 4023/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-04-03 13:35Z
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 963/17 131214Z DEC 17.. Issued 2017-12-13 14:05Z. 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
- Black 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROLANT 4023/17, 1085/18 and this msglater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2017-12-13 14:05Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA III 963/17 131214Z DEC 17.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Black Sea
- position
- 43.904, 39.102
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BLACK SEA. RUSSIA. DNC 10. CHART 55180. UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE IN AREA: A. WITHIN 800 METERS OF 44-05.20N 038-52.40E. B. WITHIN 1700 METERS OF 43-54.18N 039-06.10E.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- Unexploded ordnance
- Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations
41 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.
- Unexploded ordnance in 44-42.84N 037-50.50E2019-04-30
- Unexploded ordnance in 45-19.3N 036-33.8E2018-08-23
- Unexploded ordnance in 45-19.3N 036-33.8E2017-08-11
- Unexploded ordnance within 500 meters of: a. 45-25-15N 036-40-35E2016-12-23
- Unexploded ordnance within 500 meters of: a. 45-25-15N 036-40-35E b. 45-25-28N 036-41-11E c. 45-25-55N…2016-08-15
- B. 45-12.13N 036-32.83E2016-08-09
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
0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 22:22Z; 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.