Mariners are advised to avoid the vicinity of the hanish islands (jazirat al hanish al kabir and jazirat al…
Red Sea · SPECIAL 105/95
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-02-28 17:27Z
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) · (DEPT. OF STATE) (07 DEC 1995, REVISED 29 OCT 1997). Issued 1995-12-08 17:00Z. 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
- Red Sea. The parsed report position is 13.867, 42.742. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 1995-12-08 17:00Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- (DEPT. OF STATE) (07 DEC 1995, REVISED 29 OCT 1997)
- sea
- Red Sea
- position
- 13.867, 42.742
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID THE VICINITY OF THE HANISH ISLANDS (JAZIRAT AL HANISH AL KABIR AND JAZIRAT AL HANISH AS SAGHIR) 13-44N 042-44E, AND NEARBY ZUQAR ISLAND (JAZIRAT JEBAL ZUQAR) 14-00N 042-45E. 2. ERITREA AND YEMEN ARE INVOLVED IN A TERRITORIAL DISPUTE OVER THESE ISLANDS. THE DISPUTE IS CURRENTLY BEING ADJUDICATED BY AN INTERNATIONAL PANEL OF JURISTS AND THE AREA IS QUIET. HOWEVER, IN THE RECENT PAST THERE HAVE BEEN CREDIBLE REPORTS OF EXCHANGES OF GUNFIRE BETWEEN THE DISPUTANTS AS WELL AS GUNFIRE DIRECTED AT INNOCENT VESSELS IN THE AREA. 3. MARINERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND VIGILANCE IN THESE AREAS, CONSULTING CURRENT WARNING INFORMATION BROADCASTED BY THE NATIONAL IMAGERY AND MAPPING AGENCY (NIMA).
Reading this warning
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
7 within 180 nm since 1995 · 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.
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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
21 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 19:49Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.