Hazardous operations
Aegean Sea · HYDROLANT 7/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-10-03 17:42Z
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 3/17 011200Z JAN 17.. Issued 2017-01-01 12:07Z. 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
- Aegean Sea. The parsed report position is 39.220, 22.802 with a 5.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- issued
- 2017-01-01 12:07Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA III 3/17 011200Z JAN 17.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Aegean Sea
- position
- 39.220, 22.802 · r 5.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
AEGEAN SEA. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS. DNC 09. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS SUNRISE TO SUNSET DAILY UNTIL 31 DEC EXCEPT SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS WITHIN FIVE MILES OF 39-13.2N 022-48.1E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 JAN 18.
Reading this warning
- Hazardous operations
- NGA's heading for activities that make an area dangerous — most often rocket launches, space debris and weapons firings, and some open-ended danger areas.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
940 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
Worldwide in the collected sources
10 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 09:23Z; 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.