War risk

War risk area in northwestern Black Sea, north of line from 45-12.2N 029-41.1E to 45-11.5N 033-10.5E, from 19 March 22 until further notice; cancels NAVAREA III 0119/22.

Black Sea · NAVAREA III 124/22

What this record establishes

Listed in force

The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.

Source and dates: Spanish Navy IHM NAVAREA III (Mediterranean / Black Sea) · Spanish Navy IHM (NAVAREA III coordinator). Issued 2022-03-23 00:00Z. First collected 2026-08-17 14:07Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 04:40Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Black Sea. The parsed report position is 45.196, 30.850. 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 Black Sea →

issued: 2022-03-23 00:00Z
status: Listed in force
authority: Spanish Navy IHM (NAVAREA III coordinator)
NAVAREA: NAVAREA III
issued by: SPANISH NAVY IHM
sea: Black Sea
position: 45.196, 30.850
nearest port: Odessa · 79 nm
source: Spanish Navy IHM NAVAREA III (Mediterranean / Black Sea) · first seen 2026-08-17 14:07Z

Original warning text

BLACK SEA.
1. WAR RISK AREA, IN NORTHWESTERN PART OF BLACK SEA TO NORTHERN OF LINE
45-12.2N 029-41.1E
45-11.5N 029-41.4E
45-11.5N 033-10.5E
FROM 19 MAR 22 UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
2.- CANCEL NAVAREA III 0119/22 AND THIS PARAGRAPH

Reading this warning

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.
Until further notice: The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
Cancellation reference: A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
NAVAREA: One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.

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Conditions at the position · now

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MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation

Collected reports in this area · war-risk advisories

2 within 180 nm since 2022 · 0 in the last 12 months · 2 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.

The coordinator of coastal alerts of ukraine has declared the following coastal approach instructions for…2024-04-02

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

Mines reported in area within five miles of 45-07.10N 030-09.70EMines · 29.5 nm
The coordinator of coastal alerts of ukraine has declared the following coastal approach instructions for…War risk · 36.4 nm
Ukrainian coastal warning coordinator has declared the following coastal aproach instructions for entry or…Other · 40.3 nm
Mining operations in progress until further notice in areas bound by: a. 46-22.50N 030-45.10E, 46-20.20N…Mines · 48.6 nm
Hazardous operations in progress until further notice in area bound by 45-05N 033-33E, 45-59N 033-51E,…Exercises · 50.3 nm
1- neptun alpha production platform has been established at the central coordinate point: 44-02.85N 030-35.25EStructures · 69.8 nm
Underwater operations 05 jan 25 thru 31 dec 26 in area bound by 44-04.40N 030-34.13E, 44-02.40N 030-30.50E,…Surveys · 75.4 nm
Object adrift in vicinity 43-55.10N 030-37.65E at 250923Z sepDebris · 77.3 nm
Due to mine danger navigation prohibited untill further notice in area bounded by: a 46-04.0N 033-12.8E…Mines · 82.1 nm
Mining operations in progress until further notice in areas bound by: a. 46-04.0N 033-12.8E, 46-03.1N…Mines · 82.1 nm
Due to the presence of mines, all vessels approaching and departing romanian ports are encouraged to use the…Mines · 89.1 nm
Fog signal at constanta outer harbor light 44-08.61N 028-40.37E inoperativeNav aids · 112.4 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

2 war-risk advisories listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 04:54Z; source collection times vary.

War risk

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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.