Gunnery exercises 170001Z to 170300Z oct in area bound by 17-13S 149-56W, 16-40S 150-05W, 16-33S 149-35W,…
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1982/06
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2006-10-17 04:00Z
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 XIV 38/06 152055Z OCT 06; NAVAREA XIII 60/06 15 OCT 06; AUSSAR 8683/06 CX 152140Z OCT 06.. Issued 2006-10-15 22:35Z. 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
- South Pacific Ocean. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-10-17 00:01Z | 2006-10-17 03:00Z | — | 2 h 59 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2006-10-15 22:35Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2006-10-17 04:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIV 38/06 152055Z OCT 06; NAVAREA XIII 60/06 15 OCT 06; AUSSAR 8683/06 CX 152140Z OCT 06.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -16.882, -149.796
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 170001Z TO 170300Z OCT IN AREA BOUND BY 17-13S 149-56W, 16-40S 150-05W, 16-33S 149-35W, 17-10S 149-35W. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1979/06(74), VESSEL LOCATED. 3. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1582/06(96). 4. CANCEL THIS MSG 170400Z OCT.
Reading this warning
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
- 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
281 within 180 nm since 2000 · 1 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 in progress until 302200Z sep in area bound by 17-13.00S 149-48.00W, 16-37.00S 150-08.00W,…2026-09-29
- Gunnery exercises 122200Z to 130100Z feb in area bound by 16-30.00S 149-36.00W, 16-37.00S 150-08.00W,…2025-02-10
- Gunnery exercises 102200Z to 110600Z feb in area bound by 17-13.00S 149-48.00W, 16-37.00S 150-08.00W,…2025-02-08
- Gunnery exercises 111900Z to 112300Z feb in area bound by 16-30.00S 149-36.00W, 16-37.00S 150-08.00W,…2025-02-06
- Gunnery exercises 041800Z to 050400Z oct in area bound by 17-13.00S 149-48.00W, 16-37.00S 150-08.00W,…2024-10-02
- Gunnery exercises 030001Z to 030600Z oct in area bound by 17-13.00S 149-48.00W, 16-37.00S 150-08.00W,…2024-10-01
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
- Pointe aroa light 17-28.40S 149-46.50W unlitNav aids · 35.5 nm
- Pointe venus light 17-29.70S 149-29.66W unlitNav aids · 40.7 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-04 01:15Z; 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.