Gunnery exercises 2200Z to 1000Z daily 20 thru 25 jun in area bound by 46-30N 147-35E, 46-30N 147-50E,…
Sea of Okhotsk · HYDROPAC 1766/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-06-26 11:00Z
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 36/21 150907Z JUN 21.. Issued 2021-06-15 11:44Z. 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 Okhotsk. 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 Sea of Okhotsk →
Activity windows · 6 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-20 22:00Z | 2021-06-21 10:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2021-06-21 22:00Z | 2021-06-22 10:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2021-06-22 22:00Z | 2021-06-23 10:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2021-06-23 22:00Z | 2021-06-24 10:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2021-06-24 22:00Z | 2021-06-25 10:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2021-06-25 22:00Z | 2021-06-26 10:00Z | — | 12 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2021-06-15 11:44Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-06-26 11:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIII 36/21 150907Z JUN 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Sea of Okhotsk
- position
- 46.417, 147.708
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SEA OF OKHOTSK. DNC 24. 1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 2200Z TO 1000Z DAILY 20 THRU 25 JUN IN AREA BOUND BY 46-30N 147-35E, 46-30N 147-50E, 46-20N 147-50E, 46-20N 147-35E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 261100Z JUN 21.
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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
42 within 180 nm since 2010 · 2 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.
- Gunnery exercises 142000Z to 151200Z aug in area bound by 45-33.00N 143-20.00E, 46-04.00N 143-26.00E,…2026-08-11
- Gunnery exercises 2000Z to 1200Z daily 09 thru 14 aug in areas bound by: a. 46-41.00N 146-02.00E, 45-13.00N…2026-08-11
- Hazardous operations 250700Z sep to 080700Z oct in area bound by 46-20.00N 151-05.00E, 46-49.10N 151-00.50E,…2024-09-24
- Gunnery exercises in progress until 151200Z may in area bound by 46-55.40N 151-26.00E, 46-34.40N 151-43.70E,…2024-04-23
- Gunnery exercises 171100Z to 221300Z apr in area bound by 46-55.40N 151-26.00E, 46-49.10N 151-00.50E,…2024-04-17
- Gunnery exercises 2300Z to 1000Z daily 04 oct thru 04 nov in area bound by 44-05.00N 146-56.00E, 44-05.00N…2023-09-29
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 2026-10-02 19:02Z; 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.