Hazardous operations in progress until 152100Z feb in area bound by 10-23.30N 075-33.80W, 10-23.30N…
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 176/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-02-15 22:00Z
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) · COLOMBIA 47/24 151119Z FEB 24.. Issued 2024-02-15 12:21Z. 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
- Caribbean 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.
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2024-02-15 12:21Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-02-15 22:00Z
- authority
- COLOMBIA 47/24 151119Z FEB 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- COLOMBIA
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 10.383, -75.558
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CARIBBEAN SEA. COLOMBIA. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 152100Z FEB IN AREA BOUND BY 10-23.30N 075-33.80W, 10-23.30N 075-32.70W, 10-22.40N 075-33.80W, 10-22.40N 075-33.90W, 10-23.30N 075-33.80W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 152200Z FEB 24.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
52 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 1200Z to 2300Z daily 20 thru 21 feb in area bound by 10-23.17N 075-32.68W, 10-22.35N…2024-02-16
- Hazardous operations 061200Z to 062300Z feb in area bound by 10-23.17N 075-32.68W, 10-22.35N 075-32.68W,…2024-02-04
- Hazardous operations 1100Z to 2200Z daily 23 jan thru 15 feb in area bound by 10-22.92N 075-33.54W,…2024-01-23
- Hazardous operations 050800Z to 051500Z nov in area bound by 10-17.70N 075-42.90W, 10-17.70N 075-55.10W,…2023-11-03
- Hazardous operations 1200Z to 1900Z daily 24 and 25 oct in area bound by 10-23.24N 075-32.98W, 10-23.24N…2023-10-21
- Hazardous operations 1200Z to 2100Z daily 04 thru 06 oct in area bound by 10-22.92N 075-33.54W, 10-22.80N…2023-10-04
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
28 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 22:24Z; 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.