Exercises

Gunnery exercises 0001Z to 0800Z daily 22 aug thru 20 sep in area bound by 45-00-23N 147-43-22E, 44-56-01N…

Sea of Okhotsk · HYDROPAC 2464/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-09-20 09:00Z

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) · VLAD 235/16 170904Z AUG 16.. Issued 2016-08-17 09:28Z. 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: Sea of Okhotsk. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Sea of Okhotsk →

Activity windows · 30 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2016-08-22 00:01Z	2016-08-22 08:00Z	—	7 h 59
2016-08-23 00:01Z	2016-08-23 08:00Z	—	7 h 59
2016-08-24 00:01Z	2016-08-24 08:00Z	—	7 h 59
2016-08-25 00:01Z	2016-08-25 08:00Z	—	7 h 59
2016-08-26 00:01Z	2016-08-26 08:00Z	—	7 h 59
2016-08-27 00:01Z	2016-08-27 08:00Z	—	7 h 59
2016-08-28 00:01Z	2016-08-28 08:00Z	—	7 h 59
2016-08-29 00:01Z	2016-08-29 08:00Z	—	7 h 59
… 22 more

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued: 2016-08-17 09:28Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2016-09-20 09:00Z
authority: VLAD 235/16 170904Z AUG 16.
issued by: VLAD
sea: Sea of Okhotsk
position: 44.945, 147.713
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
KURIL ISLANDS.
GUNNERY.
DNC 24.
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0001Z TO 0800Z DAILY
   22 AUG THRU 20 SEP IN AREA BOUND BY
   45-00-23N 147-43-22E, 44-56-01N 147-50-09E,
   44-53-25N 147-39-28E, 44-56-38N 147-36-29E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 200900Z SEP 16.

Reading this warning

Gunnery and live firing: Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
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.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · military exercises

36 within 180 nm since 2010 · 2 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

Malokuril'skiy light 43-52.50N 146-48.80E range reduced to eight milesNav aids · 74.9 nm
Survey operations 15 jul thru 15 oct by M/V nikolay trubyatchinskiy along trackline joining 46-48.60N…Surveys · 79.5 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 17:05Z; 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.