Mines are adrift in the northwestern, western, and southwestern Black Sea; vessels are advised to exercise extreme caution.
Black Sea · HYDROLANT 789/22
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA III 118/22 181124Z MAR 22.. Issued 2022-03-18 12:18Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Black Sea. No usable coordinates were parsed; a location-based nearby search is unavailable. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Mines adrift reported in northwestern, western and southwestern black sealater cancellation notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROLANT 789/22 · this notice2022-03-18 · Cancelled notice
- HYDROLANT 361/252025-02-28 · Listed in force
- issued
- 2022-03-18 12:18Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- authority
- NAVAREA III 118/22 181124Z MAR 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
BLACK SEA. DNC 10. MINES ADRIFT REPORTED IN NORTHWESTERN, WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN BLACK SEA. VESSELS IN VICINITY ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.
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.
- Mines and mine danger areas
- Sea mines reported adrift or found, and areas where mines are known or suspected to remain.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No parsed position is available for this comparison.
Worldwide in the collected sources
8 mine warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-27 19:51Z; source collection times vary.
Mines
Drifting or reported sea mines. Mostly the Black Sea since 2022. All current mine 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.