Hazardous operations 1126Z to 1829Z daily 15 dec thru 15 jan 10 in area bound by 88-09N 173-13W, 88-50N…
Arctic Ocean · HYDROPAC 2325/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-12-18 18:48Z
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) · MARINE GUYANE 15/09 102041Z DEC 09.. Issued 2009-12-11 10:21Z. 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
- Arctic 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
- Hazardous operations 1126Z to 1829Z daily 09 dec thru 09 jan 10 in area bound by 88-09N 173-13W, 88-50N…cancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROPAC 2325/09 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
Activity windows · 32 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-12-15 11:26Z | 2009-12-15 18:29Z | — | 7 h 03 |
| 2009-12-16 11:26Z | 2009-12-16 18:29Z | — | 7 h 03 |
| 2009-12-17 11:26Z | 2009-12-17 18:29Z | — | 7 h 03 |
| 2009-12-18 11:26Z | 2009-12-18 18:29Z | — | 7 h 03 |
| 2009-12-19 11:26Z | 2009-12-19 18:29Z | — | 7 h 03 |
| 2009-12-20 11:26Z | 2009-12-20 18:29Z | — | 7 h 03 |
| 2009-12-21 11:26Z | 2009-12-21 18:29Z | — | 7 h 03 |
| 2009-12-22 11:26Z | 2009-12-22 18:29Z | — | 7 h 03 |
| … 24 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2009-12-11 10:21Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2010-01-15 19:29Z
- authority
- MARINE GUYANE 15/09 102041Z DEC 09.
- issued by
- COMAR GUYANE
- sea
- Arctic Ocean
- position
- 88.143, -43.906
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 1126Z TO 1829Z DAILY 15 DEC THRU 15 JAN 10 IN AREA BOUND BY 88-09N 173-13W, 88-50N 170-16E, 87-43N 081-40W, 87-18N 097-41W. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2291/09. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 151929Z JAN 10.
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.
- 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.
- 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
2 within 180 nm since 2009 · 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.
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 2026-10-02 14:32Z; 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.