Hazardous operations 2000Z to 0408Z commencing daily 28 feb thru 01 apr in areas: a. within 12 miles of…
Arctic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 66/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-02-25 13:10Z
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) · COMAR GUYANE 5/02 181415Z FEB 02. Issued 2002-02-23 05:45Z. 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
- Arctic Ocean. The parsed report position is 81.870, -101.010. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
Activity windows · 33 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-02-28 20:00Z | 2002-03-01 04:08Z | — | 8 h 08 |
| 2002-03-01 20:00Z | 2002-03-02 04:08Z | — | 8 h 08 |
| 2002-03-02 20:00Z | 2002-03-03 04:08Z | — | 8 h 08 |
| 2002-03-03 20:00Z | 2002-03-04 04:08Z | — | 8 h 08 |
| 2002-03-04 20:00Z | 2002-03-05 04:08Z | — | 8 h 08 |
| 2002-03-05 20:00Z | 2002-03-06 04:08Z | — | 8 h 08 |
| 2002-03-06 20:00Z | 2002-03-07 04:08Z | — | 8 h 08 |
| 2002-03-07 20:00Z | 2002-03-08 04:08Z | — | 8 h 08 |
| … 25 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2002-02-23 05:45Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2002-04-02 05:08Z
- authority
- COMAR GUYANE 5/02 181415Z FEB 02
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- COMAR GUYANE
- sea
- Arctic Ocean
- position
- 81.870, -101.010
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 2000Z TO 0408Z COMMENCING DAILY
28 FEB THRU 01 APR IN AREAS:
A. WITHIN 12 MILES OF COASTLINE BETWEEN
05-19N 052-47W AND 05-04N 052-30W.
B. BOUND BY 10-39N 052-09W, 10-33N 051-37W,
09-40N 051-46W, 09-47N 052-18W.
C. BOUND BY 11-51N 052-22W, 11-44N 051-29W,
10-54N 051-36W, 11-00N 052-28W.
D. BOUND BY 85-47N 105-04W, 83-57N 087-37W,
83-30N 097-29W, 84-58N 118-54W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 020508Z APR.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
4 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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 2000Z to 0408Z commencing daily 28 feb thru 01 apr in areas: a. within 12 miles of…2002-02-25
- Hazardous operations 2000Z to 0408Z commencing daily 28 feb thru 01 apr in areas: a. within 12 miles of…2002-02-25
- Hazardous operations 2000Z to 0408Z commencing daily 28 feb thru 01 apr in areas: a. within 12 miles of…2002-02-23
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 01:08Z; 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.