Ordnance

Unexploded ordnance in: a. 45-11.83N 036-33.88E

Sea of Azov · HYDROLANT 889/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-05-12 13:34Z

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 217/16 131708Z APR 16.. Issued 2016-04-13 18:33Z. 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
Sea of Azov. The parsed report position is 45.197, 36.513. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2016-04-13 18:33Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA III 217/16 131708Z APR 16.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Sea of Azov
position
45.197, 36.513
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

KERCH STRAIT.
ORDNANCE.
DNC 10.
CHART 55205.
1. UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE IN:
   A. 45-11.83N 036-33.88E.
   B. 45-11.70N 036-33.80E.
   C. 45-11.90N 036-32.70E.
   D. 45-11.62N 036-26.03E.
   E. 45-11.87N 036-26.87E.
   F. 45-11.40N 036-24.53E.
   G. 45-11.87N 036-32.60E.
   H. 45-11.67N 036-34.18E.
   I. 45-11.87N 036-26.88E.
   J. 45-11.82N 036-26.90E.
   K. 45-11.63N 036-34.30E.
   L. 45-11.82N 036-35.65E.
   M. 45-11.97N 036-27.37E.
2. MINES IN:
   A. 45-11.53N 036-32.73E.
   B. 45-12.67N 036-29.82E.
   C. 45-12.07N 036-34.57E.

Reading this warning

Unexploded ordnance
Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
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.
Chart reference
The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
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.
Mines and mine danger areas
Sea mines reported adrift or found, and areas where mines are known or suspected to remain.

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Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations

50 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 08:37Z; source collection times vary.

Ordnance

Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →

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