Hazardous operations
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 369/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-05-12 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 90/16 102017Z MAY 16.. Issued 2016-05-11 00:52Z. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-12 11:00Z | 2016-05-12 21:00Z | — | 10 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2016-05-11 00:52Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-05-12 22:00Z
- authority
- COLOMBIA 90/16 102017Z MAY 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- COLOMBIA
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 11.781, -73.058
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CARIBBEAN SEA. COLOMBIA. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 121100Z TO 122100Z MAY IN AREA BOUND BY 12-00.9N 073-10.0W, 11-51.1N 073-22.2W, 11-33.1N 072-54.8W, 11-41.1N 072-45.0W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 122200Z MAY 16.
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
27 within 180 nm since 2016 · 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 in progress until 152100Z feb in area bound by 10-23.30N 075-33.80W, 10-23.30N…2024-02-15
- 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 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
- Puerto bolivar front range light 12-15.30N 071-57.50W unlitNav aids · 70.5 nm
- Punta perret light 11-47.68N 071-20.37W unlitNav aids · 101 nm
- RACON at rio magdalena F-2 light 11-06.40N 074-51.30W inoperativeNav aids · 113.3 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
28 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 21:50Z; 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.