Missle and gunnery exercises 132100Z to 192100Z feb in areas bound by a. 45-20.0N 032-30.0E, 45-10.0N…
Black Sea · HYDROLANT 419/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-02-19 22:00Z
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 74/22 111200Z FEB 22.. Issued 2022-02-11 14:10Z. 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.
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-13 21:00Z | 2022-02-19 21:00Z | — | 144 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2022-02-11 14:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-02-19 22:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 74/22 111200Z FEB 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Black Sea
- position
- 44.356, 33.685
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BLACK SEA.
UKRAINE.
DNC 10.
1. MISSLE AND GUNNERY EXERCISES 132100Z TO
192100Z FEB IN AREAS BOUND BY
A. 45-20.0N 032-30.0E, 45-10.0N 031-45.0E,
45-10.0N 030-30.0E, 45-45.0N 030-30.0E,
46-10.0N 030-55.0E, 45-50.0N 032-45.0E,
45-38.0N 032-55.0E.
B. 45-00.0N 033-17.5E, 45-00.0N 033-28.4E,
44-40.8N 033-28.4E, 44-40.8N 033-22.3E,
44-42.9N 033-17.5E.
C. 44-25.0N 033-42.0E, 44-01.0N 033-37.0E,
43-19.5N 033-00.0E, 43-15.5N 031-50.0E,
42-53.5N 030-50.0E, 43-15.5N 030-21.0E,
44-20.0N 031-56.5E, 44-34.2N 033-08.5E,
44-31.0N 033-28.5E.
D. 45-03.3N 036-17.0E, 44-57.5N 036-23.0E,
44-45.0N 036-24.0E, 44-17.0N 036-24.0E,
44-17.0N 035-10.0E, 44-47.0N 035-10.0E,
45-00.0N 035-50.0E.
E. 45-07.2N 036-49.0E, 44-52.0N 037-04.5E,
44-36.5N 037-09.5E, 44-15.0N 037-17.5E,
42-50.0N 037-42.5E, 43-24.0N 036-25.0E,
44-31.0N 036-40.0E, 44-58.0N 036-36.0E,
44-58.7N 036-35.8E, 45-06.0N 036-42.0E,
45-06.7N 036-44.0E.
F. 44-34.5N 037-42.0E, 44-31.5N 037-50.0E,
44-20.5N 037-48.0E, 44-24.0N 037-39.5E.
G. 44-52.5N 037-11.8E, 44-53.4N 037-15.4E,
44-44.4N 037-19.4E, 44-43.5N 037-15.8E.
H. 44-26.0N 037-55.5E, 44-06.0N 038-35.5E,
43-49.0N 038-18.0E, 44-09.0N 037-38.0E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 192200Z FEB 22.
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.
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
1470 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 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 0430Z to 1630Z daily 06 thru 09 oct in area bound by 44-56.00N 029-36.00E, 44-58.00N…2026-09-22
- Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1300Z daily 11 and 12 apr in area bound by 44-01.00N 029-54.00E, 44-01.00N…2024-04-05
- Hazardous operations 08 thru 12 apr and 15 thru 19 apr in area bound by 44-25.00N 030-48.00E, 43-05.00N…2024-03-27
- Hazardous operations 280500Z to 311100Z aug in area bound by 43-55.00N 031-00.00E, 43-55.00N 030-30.00E,…2023-08-24
- Hazardous operations 0001Z to 0200Z daily 11 and 13 aug in area bound by 41-58.57N 028-02.00E, 41-58.78N…2023-08-05
- Hazardous operations 240900Z to 261200Z and 270900Z to 281200Z jul in area bound by 43-55.00N 030-30.00E,…2023-07-20
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
- Due to mine danger navigation prohibited untill further notice in area bounded by: a 46-04.0N 033-12.8E…Mines · 110.4 nm
- Mining operations in progress until further notice in areas bound by: a. 46-04.0N 033-12.8E, 46-03.1N…Mines · 110.4 nm
- 1- drilling operations by abdulhamid han rig (imo 9705093Surveys · 118 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
10 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 08:39Z; 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.