Gunnery exercises on 28 feb in area within ten miles of 05-46N 002-14E
Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 700/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-02-29 00:01Z
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 II 64/20 251611Z FEB 20.. Issued 2020-02-25 16:33Z. 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
- Gulf of Guinea. The parsed report position is 5.767, 2.233 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 Gulf of Guinea →
- issued
- 2020-02-25 16:33Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA II 64/20 251611Z FEB 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Gulf of Guinea
- position
- 5.767, 2.233 · r 10.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF GUINEA. BENIN. DNC 01. 1. GUNNERY EXERCISES ON 28 FEB IN AREA WITHIN TEN MILES OF 05-46N 002-14E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 29 FEB 20.
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.
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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
10 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.
- Hazardous operations 30 and 31 may in area bound by 06-24N 003-30E, 06-16N 004-02E, 05-52N 004-02E, 05-55N…2018-05-26
- Hazardous operations 230404Z to 230826Z jul within 30 miles of trackline joining 02-47N 177-05E, 04-08N…1999-07-22
- Hazardous operations 230404Z to 230826Z jul within 30 miles of trackline joining 02-47N 177-05E, 04-08N…1999-07-22
- Hazardous operations 220448Z to 220714Z jul, alternate 230444Z to 230710Z jul within 30 miles of trackline…1999-07-21
- Hazardous operations 220448Z to 220714Z jul, alternate 230444Z to 230710Z jul within 30 miles of trackline…1999-07-21
- Hazardous operations 220448Z to 220714Z jul, alternate 230444Z to 230710Z jul within 30 miles of trackline…1999-07-20
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
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 18:16Z; 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.