Exercises

Gunnery exercises 2200Z to 1200Z daily 17 thru 29 apr in area bound by 47-01.00N 141-20.80E, 46-57.50N…

Japan Sea · HYDROPAC 1240/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-04-30 13:00Z

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 XIII 38/24 160902Z APR 24.. Issued 2024-04-16 11:50Z. 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
Japan 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Japan Sea →

Activity windows · 13 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2024-04-17 22:00Z2024-04-18 12:00Z—14 h
2024-04-18 22:00Z2024-04-19 12:00Z—14 h
2024-04-19 22:00Z2024-04-20 12:00Z—14 h
2024-04-20 22:00Z2024-04-21 12:00Z—14 h
2024-04-21 22:00Z2024-04-22 12:00Z—14 h
2024-04-22 22:00Z2024-04-23 12:00Z—14 h
2024-04-23 22:00Z2024-04-24 12:00Z—14 h
2024-04-24 22:00Z2024-04-25 12:00Z—14 h
… 5 more

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued
2024-04-16 11:50Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2024-04-30 13:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XIII 38/24 160902Z APR 24.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Japan Sea
position
46.917, 141.420
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SEA OF JAPAN.
RUSSIA.
DNC 24.
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 2200Z TO 1200Z DAILY
   17 THRU 29 APR IN AREA BOUND BY
   47-01.00N 141-20.80E, 46-57.50N 141-34.50E,
   46-49.00N 141-29.50E, 46-52.50N 141-16.00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301300Z APR 24.

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.
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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

74 within 180 nm since 2004 · 1 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

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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 2026-10-01 07:28Z; 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.