Hazardous operations 151200Z to 152000Z oct in area bound by 12-25.80N 072-08.83W, 12-25.84N 072-03.80W,…
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 924/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-10-15 21:00Z
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 291/21 120929Z OCT 21.. Issued 2021-10-12 09:29Z. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-15 12:00Z | 2021-10-15 20:00Z | — | 8 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2021-10-12 09:29Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-10-15 21:00Z
- authority
- COLOMBIA 291/21 120929Z OCT 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- COLOMBIA
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 12.412, -72.104
- 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 151200Z TO 152000Z OCT IN AREA BOUND BY 12-25.80N 072-08.83W, 12-25.84N 072-03.80W, 12-23.68N 072-03.63W, 12-23.64N 072-08.79W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 152100Z OCT 21.
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
5 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: a. 081330Z to 081430Z nov in area bound by 12-26.50N 070-02.00W, 12-26.50N 070-05.00W,…2023-11-08
- Hazardous operations 1300Z to 1900Z daily 21 thru 23 mar in area bound by 11-15.00N 074-14.50W, 11-15.00N…2023-03-17
- Hazardous operations 1300Z to 1900Z daily 21 thru 23 mar in area bound by 11-15.0N 074-14.5W, 11-15.0N…2022-03-16
- Hazardous operations2016-05-11
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 · 12.7 nm
- Punta perret light 11-47.68N 071-20.37W unlitNav aids · 58.2 nm
- Punta borojo light 11-12.08N 070-46.67W changed to fl w 11 sec 19 meters 18 milesNav aids · 106.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
28 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 21:10Z; 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.