Gunnery exercises 0600Z to 1300Z daily 05, 07, 11 thru 14, 18 thru 21, 25 thru 28 jan, 01 thru 04, 08 thru…
Aegean Sea · HYDROLANT 42/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-01-20 11:37Z
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) · GREEK NAVTEX IRAKLEIO 2/16 011600Z JAN 16.. Issued 2016-01-04 16:20Z. 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
- Aegean 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
- issued
- 2016-01-04 16:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-02-29 14:00Z
- authority
- GREEK NAVTEX IRAKLEIO 2/16 011600Z JAN 16.
- issued by
- GREEK NAVTEX IRAKLEIO
- sea
- Aegean Sea
- position
- 36.786, 23.669
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
AEGEAN SEA. GUNNERY. DNC 09. 1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0600Z TO 1300Z DAILY 05, 07, 11 THRU 14, 18 THRU 21, 25 THRU 28 JAN, 01 THRU 04, 08 THRU 11, 15 THRU 18, 22 THRU 25 AND 29 FEB IN AREA BOUND BY 36-56N 023-29E, 36-42N 023-32E, 36-41N 023-48E, 36-47N 023-55E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 291400Z FEB 16.
Reading this warning
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
1002 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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 sunrise to sunset 01 jan thru 14 jun and 16 sep thru 31 dec 24 in area bound by…2024-01-04
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
28 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:54Z; 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.