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The iho NAVAREA III coordinator for the mediterranean sea has issued the following broadcast warning…

Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 697/99

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 1999-04-15 00:00Z

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). Issued 1999-04-09 17:30Z. 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 map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
1999-04-09 17:30Z
status
Archived notice
sea
Adriatic Sea
position
42.028, 18.879
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CHART 54090 (2ND ED).
1. THE IHO NAVAREA III COORDINATOR FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA HAS
   ISSUED THE FOLLOWING BROADCAST WARNING (NAVAREA III 138/99):
   QUOTE.
   FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA DECLARED STATE OF WAR AND
   FROM 29 MAR 99 ESTABLISHED WAR REGIME OF NAVIGATION IN THE
   TERRITORIAL WATERS BOUNDED BY:
   41-50.5N 019-22.5E
   42-23.5N 018-32.3E
   42-15.0N 018-21.0E
   41-46.3N 019-02.4E
   41-39.6N 019-16.1E
   FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA INTRODUCED TEMPORARY RESTRICTION
   OF NAVIGATION IN THE QUOTED AREA FOR ALL SHIPS WHICH DO NOT OBEY
   THE WAR REGIME OF NAVIGATION.
   FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA DECLARES ZONE 65 MILES AWAY FROM
   THE QUOTED BORDER OF THE TERRITORIAL WATERS DANGEROUS TO
   NAVIGATION. END QUOTE.
2. THE PUBLICATION OF THIS HYDROLANT IS SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF
   ADVISING UNITED STATES MARINERS OF INFORMATION RELEVANT TO
   NAVIGATION SAFETY AND IN NO WAY CONSTITUTES A LEGAL RECOGNITION
   BY THE UNITED STATES OF THE VALIDITY OF ANY FOREIGN RULE,
   REGULATION, OR PROCLAMATION SO PUBLISHED.

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Chart reference
The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
NAVAREA
One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
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.
HYDROLANT
The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

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

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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.