Exercises

Hazardous operations in progress until 312100 jan in area within one mile of 45-01.82N 033-30.53E

Black Sea · HYDROLANT 90/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-01-31 22:00Z

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 23/22 101204Z JAN 22.. Issued 2022-01-10 13:43Z. 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: Black Sea. The parsed report position is 45.030, 33.509 with a 1.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Black Sea →

issued: 2022-01-10 13:43Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2022-01-31 22:00Z
authority: NAVAREA III 23/22 101204Z JAN 22.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea: Black Sea
position: 45.030, 33.509 · r 1.0 nm
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BLACK SEA.
UKRAINE.
DNC 10.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL
   312100 JAN IN AREA WITHIN ONE MILE OF
   45-01.82N 033-30.53E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 312200Z JAN 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.
Within a radius of: A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · military exercises

1366 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.

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 · 72.1 nm
Mining operations in progress until further notice in areas bound by: a. 46-04.0N 033-12.8E, 46-03.1N…Mines · 72.1 nm
Hazardous operations in progress until further notice in area bound by 45-05N 033-33E, 45-59N 033-51E,…Exercises · 93.3 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 · 113.1 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 12:27Z; 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.