Hazardous operations continue in the Black Sea off Ukraine in an area bounded by 45-05N 033-33E, 45-59N 033-51E, 47-00N 031-43E, 46-19N 029-55E, 45-05N 029-17E until further notice.
Black Sea · HYDROLANT 838/22
What this record establishes
Listed in force
The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · NAVAREA III 124/22 231417Z MAR 22.. Issued 2022-03-23 14:17Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-02 18:17Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Black 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- issued
- 2022-03-23 14:17Z
- status
- Listed in force
- authority
- NAVAREA III 124/22 231417Z MAR 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Black Sea
- position
- 45.837, 31.617
- nearest port
- Odessa · 54 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
BLACK SEA. UKRAINE. DNC 10. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE IN AREA BOUND BY 45-05N 033-33E, 45-59N 033-51E, 47-00N 031-43E, 46-19N 029-55E, 45-05N 029-17E. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 814/22.
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.
- 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.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROLANT
- The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
Conditions at the position · now
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MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
1206 within 180 nm since 1999 · 9 in the last 12 months · 1 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 1500Z daily 05 and 06 oct in area bound by 44-25.43N 028-42.50E, 44-27.60N…2026-09-30
- Hazardous operations 010700Z to 011500Z oct in area bound by 44-05.00N 029-08.00E, 44-15.00N 029-08.00E,…2026-09-29
- Hazardous operations 0500Z to 1300Z daily 29 and 30 sep in area bound by 44-25.43N 028-42.50E, 44-29.50N…2026-09-28
- Hazardous operations 0700Z to 1500Z daily 30 sep and 01 oct in area bound by 44-05.00N 029-08.00E, 44-15.00N…2026-09-22
- Hazardous operations 0600Z to 1200Z daily 22 thru 25 and 28 sep in area bound by 44-25.43N 028-42.50E,…2026-09-17
- Hazardous operations 0600Z to 1300Z daily 14 thru 16 sep in area bound by 44-25.43N 028-42.50E, 44-29.50N…2026-09-10
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
- Due to mine danger navigation prohibited untill further notice in area bounded by: a 46-04.0N 033-12.8E…Mines · 35.9 nm
- Mining operations in progress until further notice in areas bound by: a. 46-04.0N 033-12.8E, 46-03.1N…Mines · 35.9 nm
- The coordinator of coastal alerts of ukraine has declared the following coastal approach instructions for…War risk · 45.3 nm
- Ukrainian coastal warning coordinator has declared the following coastal aproach instructions for entry or…Other · 48.9 nm
- War risk area, in northwestern part of black sea to northern of line 45-12.2N 029-41.1E 45-11.5N 029-41.4E…War risk · 50.3 nm
- Mining operations in progress until further notice in areas bound by: a. 46-22.50N 030-45.10E, 46-20.20N…Mines · 56.2 nm
- Mines reported in area within five miles of 45-07.10N 030-09.70EMines · 74.9 nm
- 1- neptun alpha production platform has been established at the central coordinate point: 44-02.85N 030-35.25EStructures · 116 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
28 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 05:10Z; 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.