Cape Hotham Light Q3315 is unlit at 12-02.78S 131-17.37E.
Timor Sea · AUSCOAST 301/26
What this record establishes
Listed in force
The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.
- Source and dates
- Australian Maritime Safety Authority NAVAREA X + AUSCOAST (CC BY 4.0) · Australian Maritime Safety Authority — JRCC Australia (NAVAREA X coordinator). Issued 2026-09-22 18:06Z. First collected 2026-09-22 18:08Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-22 20:53Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Timor Sea. The parsed report position is -12.046, 131.290. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2026-09-22 18:06Z
- status
- Listed in force
- authority
- Australian Maritime Safety Authority — JRCC Australia (NAVAREA X coordinator)
- sea
- Timor Sea
- position
- -12.046, 131.290
- nearest port
- Darwin · 36 nm
- source
- Australian Maritime Safety Authority NAVAREA X + AUSCOAST (CC BY 4.0) · first seen 2026-09-22 18:08Z
Original warning text
CAPE HOTHAM LIGHT Q3315 IN POSITION 12-02.78S 131-17.37E UNLIT
Conditions at the position · now
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MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
64 within 180 nm since 2001 · 2 in the last 12 months · 2 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.
- 21 buoys, yellow, fl y 1.5 sec, established in area bound by 09-51.00S 129-58.00E, 10-36.00S 129-58.00E,…2026-05-28
- Northwest vernon island light 12-02.90S 130-59.80E unreliable2024-11-22
- Haul round island light 11-53.45S 134-12.72E unlit2023-10-24
- New year island light 10-54.42S 133-02.11E unreliable2023-08-24
- Northwest vernon island light 12-02.93S 130-59.78E unreliable2023-06-15
- Cape hotham light 12-02.78S 131-17.37E unreliable2022-11-08
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
170 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-22 20:55Z; source collection times vary.
Nav aids
Lights extinguished, buoys off station, RACON/NAVTEX outages. All current aids-to-navigation notices →
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.