Restricted

Navigation prohibited 220600Z to 221300Z feb in area within ten miles of 32-00N 032-00E

Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 598/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-02-22 14:00Z

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 170/18 191159Z FEB 18.. Issued 2018-02-19 13:13Z. 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 parsed report position is 32.000, 32.000 with a 10.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2018-02-22 06:00Z	2018-02-22 13:00Z	—	7 h

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued: 2018-02-19 13:13Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2018-02-22 14:00Z
authority: NAVAREA III 170/18 191159Z FEB 18.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea: Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
position: 32.000, 32.000 · r 10.0 nm
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
EGYPT.
DNC 10.
CHART 56100.
1. NAVIGATION PROHIBITED 220600Z TO 221300Z FEB
   IN AREA WITHIN TEN MILES OF 32-00N 032-00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 221400Z FEB 18.

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.
Navigation prohibited: Ships may not enter or pass through the area, or a port is closed to traffic.
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.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · restricted areas & port closures

22 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.

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

Odas buoy 33-33.41N 031-55.09E reported missingNav aids · 93.6 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

2 restricted areas & port closures listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 15:24Z; source collection times vary.

Restricted

Navigation prohibited, exclusion and security zones, ports closed to traffic. All current restricted areas & port closures →

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.