Exercises

Gunnery exercises 2300Z to 1000Z daily 14 thru 24 dec in area bound by 46-13.00N 142-37.80E, 46-13.00N…

Sea of Okhotsk · HYDROPAC 3861/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-12-25 11:00Z

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) · NAVAREA XIII 147/23 091018Z DEC 23.. Issued 2023-12-09 10:28Z. 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 · 11 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2023-12-14 23:00Z2023-12-15 10:00Z—11 h
2023-12-15 23:00Z2023-12-16 10:00Z—11 h
2023-12-16 23:00Z2023-12-17 10:00Z—11 h
2023-12-17 23:00Z2023-12-18 10:00Z—11 h
2023-12-18 23:00Z2023-12-19 10:00Z—11 h
2023-12-19 23:00Z2023-12-20 10:00Z—11 h
2023-12-20 23:00Z2023-12-21 10:00Z—11 h
2023-12-21 23:00Z2023-12-22 10:00Z—11 h
… 3 more

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

issued
2023-12-09 10:28Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2023-12-25 11:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XIII 147/23 091018Z DEC 23.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Sea of Okhotsk
position
46.133, 142.761
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SEA OF OKHOTSK.
RUSSIA.
DNC 24.
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 2300Z TO 1000Z DAILY
   14 THRU 24 DEC IN AREA BOUND BY
   46-13.00N 142-37.80E, 46-13.00N 142-53.50E,
   46-03.00N 142-53.50E, 46-03.00N 142-37.80E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 251100Z DEC 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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

53 within 180 nm since 2004 · 2 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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26

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 17:44Z; 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.