Hazardous operations
Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 2274/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-11-30 20:59Z
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) · CTF 50 200446Z OCT 10.. Issued 2010-10-28 11:28Z. 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 map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Activity windows · 4 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-10-31 20:00Z | 2010-11-30 19:59Z | — | 719 h 59 |
| 2010-10-31 21:00Z | 2010-11-02 20:59Z | — | 47 h 59 |
| 2010-11-02 21:00Z | 2010-11-12 20:59Z | — | 239 h 59 |
| 2010-11-10 21:00Z | 2010-11-18 20:59Z | — | 191 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
- 2010-10-28 11:28Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2010-11-30 20:59Z
- authority
- CTF 50 200446Z OCT 10.
- issued by
- CTF
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 28.405, 50.317
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF OMAN.
PERSIAN GULF.
HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS.
ORDNANCE.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 312000Z OCT TO 301959Z NOV
IN AREAS BETWEEN:
A. 23-00.00N 24-00.00N AND 062-00.00E 063-00.00E.
B. 23-06.00N 24-05.00N AND 060-44.00E 061-16.00E.
2. BOMBING EXERCISES:
A. 102100Z TO 182059Z NOV IN AREA BETWEEN
26-00.00N 26-20.00N AND 052-23.00E 052-57.00E.
B. 022100Z TO 122059Z NOV IN AREA BETWEEN
27-20.00N 27-52.00N AND 050-25.00E 051-04.00E.
C. 312100Z OCT TO 022059Z NOV IN AREA BETWEEN
26-50.00N 27-10.00N AND 051-27.00E 052-00.00E.
D. 022100Z TO 122059Z NOV IN AREA BOUND BY
29-09.00N 049-46.00E, 29-02.50N 049-46.00E,
28-52.30N 049-43.53E, 28-30.50N 049-52.30E,
28-17.10N 050-12.00E, 28-17.30N 050-42.50E.
E. 022100Z TO 122059Z NOV IN AREA BOUND BY
28-16.50N 050-24.30E, 28-17.30N 050-43.15E,
27-52.15N 051-03.15E, 27-51.33N 050-25.50E.
F. 102100Z TO 182059Z NOV IN AREA BETWEEN
25-35.00N 25-55.00N AND 053-12.00E 053-46.00E.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 302059Z NOV.
Reading this warning
- Hazardous operations
- NGA's heading for activities that make an area dangerous — most often rocket launches, space debris and weapons firings, and some open-ended danger areas.
- Unexploded ordnance
- Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
- 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.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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
84 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
- Mine clearing operations 291600Z apr to 021600Z may by M/V andromede within: a. three miles of 28-40N 049-24E2015-04-27
- 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
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 · 32.9 nm
- Navigation prohibited until further notice in area within 600 meters of 29-13.10N 048-44.42ERestricted · 96.3 nm
- Barge dream 1 sank in 29-14.06N 048-41.22EWrecks · 99.2 nm
- Met tower 28-46.0N 048-26.1E temporarily replaced by yellow buoy, FL(4) 15 sec 5MOther · 101.6 nm
- Navigation prohibited until further notice in area within 600 meters of 28-52.49N 048-21.63ERestricted · 106.9 nm
- Dangerous wreck marked by buoy in 29-05.49N 048-22.09EWrecks · 110.6 nm
- Survey operations 10 aug until further notice by M/V vision 2 in: a. 29-03.09N 048-10.06ESurveys · 118.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 16:23Z; 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.