Gunnery exercises 0600Z to 2100Z daily 20 mar thru 12 apr in area bound by 40-33.8N 026-51.0E, 40-34.3N…
Sea of Marmara · HYDROLANT 529/06
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2006-04-12 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 154/06 171219Z MAR 06.. Issued 2006-03-17 12:47Z. 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
- Sea of Marmara. 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 Sea of Marmara →
Activity windows · 24 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-03-20 06:00Z | 2006-03-20 21:00Z | — | 15 h |
| 2006-03-21 06:00Z | 2006-03-21 21:00Z | — | 15 h |
| 2006-03-22 06:00Z | 2006-03-22 21:00Z | — | 15 h |
| 2006-03-23 06:00Z | 2006-03-23 21:00Z | — | 15 h |
| 2006-03-24 06:00Z | 2006-03-24 21:00Z | — | 15 h |
| 2006-03-25 06:00Z | 2006-03-25 21:00Z | — | 15 h |
| 2006-03-26 06:00Z | 2006-03-26 21:00Z | — | 15 h |
| 2006-03-27 06:00Z | 2006-03-27 21:00Z | — | 15 h |
| … 16 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2006-03-17 12:47Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2006-04-12 22:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 154/06 171219Z MAR 06.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Sea of Marmara
- position
- 40.539, 26.890
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0600Z TO 2100Z DAILY 20 MAR THRU 12 APR IN AREA BOUND BY 40-33.8N 026-51.0E, 40-34.3N 026-53.0E, 40-32.2N 026-57.0E, 40-30.0N 026-52.0E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 122200Z APR.
Reading this warning
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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
665 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 in progress 0500Z to 1500Z monday thru thursday until 31 dec 22 except holidays in area…2023-12-30
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
28 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:02Z; 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.