Exercises

Hazardous operations

Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 27/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-03-08 10:30Z

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) · ABBAS NAVTEX 221535Z DEC 12.. Issued 2013-01-04 23:39Z. 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Persian Gulf →

issued: 2013-01-04 23:39Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2013-03-08 10:30Z
authority: ABBAS NAVTEX 221535Z DEC 12.
issued by: ABBAS NAVTEX
sea: Persian Gulf
position: 26.592, 56.793
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0630Z TO 0930Z DAILY
   07, 23 JAN, 06, 22 FEB AND 08 MAR
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   26-44N 057-03E, 26-15N 057-06E,
   26-15N 056-44E, 26-26N 056-45E,
   26-45N 056-24E, 26-57N 056-28E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 081030Z MAR 13.

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.
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

19 within 180 nm since 2004 · 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

Fish farms established in areas bound by: a. 26-43.84N 056-56.88E, 26-43.80N 056-56.95E, 26-43.74N…Other · 11.7 nm
Mine reported in 26-24.58N 056-20.67EMines · 26.5 nm
Derelict 274 meter M/V adalynn unlit and anchored in 25-36.99N 056-24.85EDerelicts · 62 nm
Lattice beacon 25-38.19N 057-45.86E inoperativeNav aids · 77.7 nm
GPS, GNSS, and AIS interference reported in vicinity of fujairah (25-07.33N 056-20.05E)Nav aids · 91.7 nm
Anchoring prohibited in area bound by 25-26.59N 055-05.88E, 25-28.17N 055-06.69E, 25-28.32N 055-09.15E,…Other · 113.2 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-04 03:09Z; 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.