Gunnery exercises 112200Z to 120300Z nov within five miles of: a. 53-45.9N 161-00.3W
North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 470/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-11-12 04:00Z
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) · CCGD17 458/08 101902Z NOV 08.. Issued 2008-11-10 20:41Z. 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
- North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 53.662, -161.005. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-11-11 22:00Z | 2008-11-12 03:00Z | — | 5 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2008-11-10 20:41Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2008-11-12 04:00Z
- authority
- CCGD17 458/08 101902Z NOV 08.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XII
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 53.662, -161.005
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 112200Z TO 120300Z NOV WITHIN FIVE MILES OF: A. 53-45.9N 161-00.3W. B. 53-33.5N 161-00.3W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 120400Z NOV.
Reading this warning
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
19 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.
- Hazardous operations 292200Z to 300330Z aug, alternate 2200Z to 0330Z daily 30 aug thru 02 sep in area bound…2022-08-24
- Hazardous operations 190830Z to 191430Z oct, alternate 0830Z to 1430Z daily 20 thru 29 oct in areas bound…2021-10-15
- Hazardous operations 162000Z to 170200Z aug, alternate 172000Z to 180200Z and 182000Z to 190200Z aug in…2021-08-12
- Hazardous operations 210830Z to 211430Z jun, alternate 0830Z to 1430Z daily 22 thru 30 jun in areas bound…2021-06-22
- Hazardous operations 210830Z to 211430Z jun, alternate 0830Z to 1430Z daily 22 thru 25 jun in areas bound…2021-06-16
- Gunnery and pyrotechnic operations 231600Z to 240001Z sep in area within 21 miles of 54-13N 158-10W2017-09-22
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
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 01:37Z; 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.