Gunnery exercises 01 thru 09 jul in area bound by 05-48-40N 124-30-30E, 05-54-30N 124-12-00E, 05-35-00N…
Celebes Sea · HYDROPAC 1812/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-07-10 00:01Z
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 XI 420/12 270526Z JUN 12.. Issued 2012-06-27 06:22Z. 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
- Celebes 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.
- issued
- 2012-06-27 06:22Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 420/12 270526Z JUN 12.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Celebes Sea
- position
- 5.679, 124.333
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CELEBES SEA. MINDANAO-SOUTH COAST. GUNNERY. 1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 01 THRU 09 JUL IN AREA BOUND BY 05-48-40N 124-30-30E, 05-54-30N 124-12-00E, 05-35-00N 124-11-00E, 05-24-00N 124-24-30E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 10 JUL.
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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
34 within 180 nm since 2012 · 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.
- Gunnery exercises 16 thru 20 jun in area bound by 06-49.43N 125-46.00E, 06-49.34N 125-53.03E, 06-42.39N…2025-06-12
- Gunnery exercises 10 thru 14 feb in area bound by 06-45.00N 121-38.00E, 06-55.00N 121-38.00E, 06-55.00N…2025-02-05
- Gunnery exercises 24 and 25 nov in area bound by 05-40.67N 124-55.14E, 05-40.67N 125-03.14E, 05-32.67N…2024-11-21
- Gunnery exercises 24 thru 30 nov in area bound by 06-55.00N 121-38.00E, 06-55.00N 121-48.00E, 06-45.00N…2024-11-19
- Gunnery exercises in progress until 11 may in area bound by 06-45.00N 121-38.00E, 06-55.00N 121-38.00E,…2024-05-04
- Gunnery exercises in progress until 222359Z mar in area bound by 06-45.00N 121-38.00E, 06-55.00N 121-38.00E,…2024-03-22
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
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 13:43Z; 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.