Nav aids

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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Timor Sea

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

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05
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26

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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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M
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D

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.