Gunnery exercises 201230Z to 201730Z mar in area bound by 35-20N 015-40E, 35-40N 015-48E, 35-40N 016-24E,…
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 439/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-03-20 18:30Z
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 69 161533Z MAR 11.. Issued 2011-03-17 12:14Z. 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
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin. 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
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-03-20 12:30Z | 2011-03-20 17:30Z | — | 5 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2011-03-17 12:14Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2011-03-20 18:30Z
- authority
- CTF 69 161533Z MAR 11.
- issued by
- CTF
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 35.494, 16.066
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. GUNNERY. 1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 201230Z TO 201730Z MAR IN AREA BOUND BY 35-20N 015-40E, 35-40N 015-48E, 35-40N 016-24E, 35-20N 016-24E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 201830Z MAR.
Reading this warning
- 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
254 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Hazardous operations 070001Z to 092359Z mar in area bound by 34-43.00N 017-33.00E, 34-20.00N 017-50.00E,…2023-03-04
- Hazardous operations 260400Z feb to 101800Z mar in area bound by 37-00.00N 011-00.00E, 39-00.00N 011-00.00E,…2023-02-20
- Hazardous operations 0800Z to 1630Z daily until 31 dec except sundays in area bound by 35-55.54N 014-28.32E,…2021-06-18
- Hazardous operations 220400Z feb to 081200Z mar in area bound by 36-00N 015-00E, 37-50N 015-00E, 37-50N…2021-02-21
- Hazardous operations 160001Z feb to 082259Z mar in areas bound by: a. 36-00N 015-00E 37-50N 015-00E, 37-50N…2021-02-14
- Hazardous operations 211400Z to 220400Z jan in area bound by 35-00N 015-40E, 37-30N 015-40E, 37-30N 017-40E,…2021-01-21
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
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 11:53Z; 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.