Gunnery exercises 231800Z to 232200Z mar in area bound by 31-46.5N 028-47.0E, 31-46.50N 029-14.0E, 31-26.5N…
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 804/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-03-23 23:00Z
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) · NAVAREA III 281/21 221304Z MAR 21.. Issued 2021-03-22 13:45Z. 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
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-23 18:00Z | 2021-03-23 22:00Z | — | 4 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2021-03-22 13:45Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-03-23 23:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 281/21 221304Z MAR 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 31.608, 29.008
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. EGYPT. DNC 10. 1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 231800Z TO 232200Z MAR IN AREA BOUND BY 31-46.5N 028-47.0E, 31-46.50N 029-14.0E, 31-26.5N 029-14.0E, 31-26.50N 028-47.0E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 232300Z MAR 21.
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.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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
59 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 0600Z to 2000Z daily on 25 and 26 jan in areas bound by: a. 32-53.00N 029-59.00E,…2023-01-20
- Hazardous operations 150500Z to 252000Z feb in areas bound by: a. 34-10N 025-56E, 34-10N 026-30E, 33-44N…2022-02-13
- Gunnery exercises 030600Z to 031200Z jan in area bound by 33-30N 025-10E, 32-50N 025-10E, 32-50N 027-00E,…2021-12-29
- Hazardous operations 120700Z to 121100Z and 130100Z to 132350Z sep in area bound by 31-31.5N 028-53.0E,…2021-09-10
- Hazardous operations 060600Z to 061200Z apr in area bound by 34-03.28N 028-52.22E, 34-46.50N 028-41.53E,…2021-04-02
- Hazardous operations 0400Z to 1600Z daily 27 thru 30 mar in area bound by 31-35.0N 026-58.0E, 33-12.0N…2021-03-25
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
28 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:05Z; 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.