Mine clearing operations 291600Z apr to 021600Z may by M/V andromede within: a. three miles of 28-40N 049-24E
Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 1410/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-05-02 17:00Z
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 IX 119/15 271025Z APR 15.. Issued 2015-04-27 11:55Z. 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
- Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 28.500, 49.867. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-04-29 16:00Z | 2015-05-02 16:00Z | — | 72 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2015-04-27 11:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2015-05-02 17:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 119/15 271025Z APR 15.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 28.500, 49.867
- vessel
- M/V ANDROMEDE · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
PERSIAN GULF. ORDNANCE. DNC 10. 1. MINE CLEARING OPERATIONS 291600Z APR TO 021600Z MAY BY M/V ANDROMEDE WITHIN: A. THREE MILES OF 28-40N 049-24E. B. THREE MILES OF 29-00N 049-37E. C. SIX MILES OF 27-50N 050-35E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 021700Z MAY 15.
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.
- Mines and mine danger areas
- Sea mines reported adrift or found, and areas where mines are known or suspected to remain.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations
82 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 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.
- Ordnance clearing operations 0500Z to 1300Z daily 18 thru 21 jul in area bound by 26-12.78N 050-45.55E,…2022-07-17
- Underwater ordnance detonations 04 and 05 may within three miles of 27-50.66N 050-30.01E2015-05-03
- Mine clearing operations 301600Z apr to 021600Z may by M/V andromede within three miles of 29-29N 049-37E2015-04-30
- Underwater ordnance detonations 020300Z to 051600Z jul within 3000 meters of: a. 27-48.64N 050-29.16E2013-07-02
- Underwater ordnance detonations in progress until 251300Z apr in area bound by 27-11.84N 051-45.38E,…2011-04-21
- Bombing exercises: a. in progress until 281200Z feb in area between 26-00.00N 26-20.00N and 052-23.00E…2011-02-23
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
- Odas buoy relocated to 28-49.63N 050-42.93ENav aids · 48.8 nm
- Navigation prohibited until further notice in area within 600 meters of 29-13.10N 048-44.42ERestricted · 73.3 nm
- Barge dream 1 sank in 29-14.06N 048-41.22EWrecks · 76.1 nm
- Met tower 28-46.0N 048-26.1E temporarily replaced by yellow buoy, FL(4) 15 sec 5MOther · 77.1 nm
- Navigation prohibited until further notice in area within 600 meters of 28-52.49N 048-21.63ERestricted · 82.5 nm
- Dangerous wreck marked by buoy in 29-05.49N 048-22.09EWrecks · 86.5 nm
- Survey operations 10 aug until further notice by M/V vision 2 in: a. 29-03.09N 048-10.06ESurveys · 94.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 13:43Z; source collection times vary.
Ordnance
Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →
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.