Exercises

Gunnery exercises 22 thru 24 nov in area bound by 05-40.67N 124-55.14E, 05-40.67N 125-03.14E, 05-32.67N…

Celebes Sea · HYDROPAC 3646/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-11-20 00:47Z

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 XI 405/23 191148Z NOV 23.. Issued 2023-11-19 12:00Z. 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
Celebes Sea. 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 Celebes Sea →

issued
2023-11-19 12:00Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2023-11-25 00:01Z
authority
NAVAREA XI 405/23 191148Z NOV 23.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Celebes Sea
position
5.611, 124.986
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CELEBES SEA.
PHILIPPINES.
DNC 11.
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 22 THRU 24 NOV
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   05-40.67N 124-55.14E, 05-40.67N 125-03.14E,
   05-32.67N 125-03.14E, 05-32.67N 124-55.16E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 3642/23.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 250001Z NOV 23.

Reading this warning

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

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Collected reports in this area · military exercises

27 within 180 nm since 2012 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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25

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

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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

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 16:22Z; 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.