Gunnery exercises 21 and 22 may in area bound by 09-41.0N 121-54.0E, 09-14.0N 122-48.0E, 08-21.0N 122-21.0E,…
Sulu Sea · HYDROPAC 1910/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-05-23 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 247/18 182336Z MAY 18.. Issued 2018-05-18 23:52Z. 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
- Sulu 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
- 2018-05-18 23:52Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 247/18 182336Z MAY 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Sulu Sea
- position
- 9.015, 122.124
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SULU SEA. PHILIPPINES. DNC 11. 1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 21 AND 22 MAY IN AREA BOUND BY 09-41.0N 121-54.0E, 09-14.0N 122-48.0E, 08-21.0N 122-21.0E, 08-47.3N 121-27.0E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 23 MAY 18.
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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
38 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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 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 25 thru 30 nov in area bound by 06-41.67N 121-23.35E, 06-41.73N 121-28.39E, 06-36.63N…2024-11-20
- 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
- Hazardous operations 15 thru 30 apr in area bound by 10-13.34N 123-49.94E, 10-12.32N 123-49.90E, 10-12.35N…2024-04-12
- Hazardous operations 27 thru 29 mar in area bound by 10-32.00N 124-15.00E, 10-32.00N 124-25.00E, 10-22.66N…2024-03-26
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
- Apo island light, 09-04.98N 123-16.22E, F2344, extingushedNav aids · 68.1 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
10 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 05:31Z; 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.