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It has been reported by the croatian state media that the yugoslav navy has placed mines in the entire bay…

Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 660/99

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 1999-06-11 12:18Z

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). Issued 1999-04-05 16:10Z. 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: Adriatic Sea. The parsed report position is 42.400, 18.550. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 1999-04-05 16:10Z
status: Archived notice
sea: Adriatic Sea
position: 42.400, 18.550
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CHART 54240 (11TH ED).
IT HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THE CROATIAN STATE MEDIA THAT THE
YUGOSLAV NAVY HAS PLACED MINES IN THE ENTIRE BAY OF KOTOR
(VICINITY 42-24N 018-33E) AND THAT IT HAS BANNED ALL MARITIME
TRAFFIC.

Reading this warning

Chart reference: The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
Mines and mine danger areas: Sea mines reported adrift or found, and areas where mines are known or suspected to remain.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

24 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.

Mine in 40-39.78N 019-08.86E2018-07-06
Mine clearing operations 04 thru 10 may in bay of vlore (40-27-06N 019-28-40E)2018-05-03
Vessel requesting assistance vicinity 39-36N 019-03E2013-07-28
Vessel requesting assistance vicinity 40-00N 019-00E2013-05-11
Six men overboard in 39-44N 018-16E2012-06-21
Windsurfer missing vicinity torre mileto (41-55N 015-37E)2008-11-03

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

21 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 20:27Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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.