Exercises

Hazardous operations 021130Z to 022100Z mar in area bound by 14-40.00N 061-11.00W, 14-36.00N 061-06.00W,…

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 225/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-03-02 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) · AVURNAV LOCAL FORT DE FRANCE 1023/23 012001Z MAR 23.. Issued 2023-03-01 20:11Z. 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 →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2023-03-02 11:30Z	2023-03-02 21:00Z	—	9 h 30

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

issued: 2023-03-01 20:11Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2023-03-02 22:00Z
authority: AVURNAV LOCAL FORT DE FRANCE 1023/23 012001Z MAR 23.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: AVURNAV LOCAL FORT DE FRANCE
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 14.625, -61.175
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
MARTINIQUE.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 021130Z TO 022100Z MAR
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   14-40.00N 061-11.00W, 14-36.00N 061-06.00W,
   14-35.00N 061-10.00W, 14-37.00N 061-13.00W,
   14-40.00N 061-14.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 022200Z MAR 23.

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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

116 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.

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

Carenage range rear light 14-36.32N 061-03.74W changed to oc (2) g 50 meters 9 milesNav aids · 6.6 nm
Pointe du vieux fort light 15-56.90N 061-42.46WNav aids · 85.2 nm
Ilet du gosier light 16-11.90N 061-29.44W at reduced intensityOther · 96.2 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 19:56Z; 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.