Gunnery exercises 0500Z to 1200Z daily 04 may thru 30 jun, except saturdays, sundays, and holidays in area…
Aegean Sea · HYDROLANT 890/99
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 1999-06-30 00:00Z
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). Issued 1999-05-03 13:16Z. 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
- Aegean 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
- Ecueil de perduto light 41-22N 009-19E unlitcancelled by this notice
Activity windows · 58 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-05-04 05:00Z | 1999-05-04 12:00Z | — | 7 h |
| 1999-05-05 05:00Z | 1999-05-05 12:00Z | — | 7 h |
| 1999-05-06 05:00Z | 1999-05-06 12:00Z | — | 7 h |
| 1999-05-07 05:00Z | 1999-05-07 12:00Z | — | 7 h |
| 1999-05-08 05:00Z | 1999-05-08 12:00Z | — | 7 h |
| 1999-05-09 05:00Z | 1999-05-09 12:00Z | — | 7 h |
| 1999-05-10 05:00Z | 1999-05-10 12:00Z | — | 7 h |
| 1999-05-11 05:00Z | 1999-05-11 12:00Z | — | 7 h |
| … 50 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 1999-05-03 13:16Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 1999-06-30 13:00Z
- sea
- Aegean Sea
- position
- 36.445, 23.633
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0500Z TO 1200Z DAILY 04 MAY THRU 30 JUN, EXCEPT SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS, AND HOLIDAYS IN AREA BOUND BY 35-56N 023-29E, 36-42N 023-32E, 36-41N 023-48E, 36-47N 023-55E. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 840/99(53), LIGHT RESTORED. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 301300Z JUN.
Reading this warning
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
905 within 180 nm since 1998 · 1 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 sunrise to sunset daily until 14 jun and 16 sep thru 31 dec in area bound by 38-16.00N…2026-02-03
- Hazardous operations sunrise to sunset 01 jan thru 14 jun and 16 sep thru 31 dec in area bound by 38-16.00N…2024-01-16
- Hazardous operations sunrise to sunset 01 jan thru 14 jun and 16 sep thru 31 dec in area bound by 38-16.00N…2024-01-14
- Hazardous operations sunrise to sunset 01 jan thru 14 jun and 16 sep thru 31 dec 24 in area bound by…2024-01-04
- Hazardous operations sunrise to sunset 01 jan thru 14 jun and 16 sep thru 31 dec in area bound by 38-16.00N…2023-12-30
- Hazardous operations sunrise to sunset 01 jan thru 14 jun and 16 sep thru 31 dec in area bound by 39-00.00N…2023-01-04
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 21:16Z; 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.