Ordnance

Ordnance clearing operations in progress until further notice within: a. five miles of 42-44.2N 015-23.3E

Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 690/00

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2000-04-06 21:15Z

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 076/00 2412208Z FEB 00. Issued 2000-02-24 16:49Z. 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 43.194, 14.736. 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 Adriatic Sea →

issued
2000-02-24 16:49Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA III 076/00 2412208Z FEB 00
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Adriatic Sea
position
43.194, 14.736
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ORDNANCE CLEARING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE WITHIN:
A. FIVE MILES OF 42-44.2N 015-23.3E.
B. FOUR MILES OF 41-46.5N 016-32.3E.
C. FIVE MILES OF 44-47.3N 013-08.0E.
D. TWO MILES OF 44-05.0N 014-15.0E.
E. FIVE MILES OF 42-30.0N 015-20.0E.
F. FIVE MILES OF 44-00.0N 014-00.0E.
G. FIVE MILES OF 43-09.6N 014-43.9E.
H. FIVE MILES OF 43-09.4N 014-43.5E.
I. FIVE MILES OF 43-00.0N 014-40.0E.
J. FIVE MILES OF 42-58.0N 014-33.4E.
K. FIVE MILES OF 42-58.0N 014-46.2E.

Reading this warning

Unexploded ordnance
Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
Until further notice
The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
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 · ordnance operations

54 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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00
01

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

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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

0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 04:28Z; source collection times vary.

Ordnance

Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →

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.