Ballie Island radar beacon in Beaufort Sea, Canada is relocated to 70-37.65N 128-15.42W.
Beaufort Sea · HYDROARC 162/23
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA XVII 52/23 120231Z AUG 23.. Issued 2023-08-12 02:47Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Beaufort Sea. The parsed report position is 70.627, -128.257. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2023-08-12 02:47Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XVII 52/23 120231Z AUG 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XVII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Beaufort Sea
- position
- 70.627, -128.257
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
BEAUFORT SEA. CANADA. DNC 27. BALLIE ISLAND RACON RELOCATED TO 70-37.65N 128-15.42W.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- RACON (radar beacon)
- A radar beacon on a buoy, lighthouse or structure that answers a ship's radar with a Morse-code mark on the screen.
- 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 · aids-to-navigation notices
45 within 180 nm since 2010 · 4 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.
- RACON and light at pelly island 69-37.00N 135-29.00W inoperative2026-09-16
- RACON at pelly island in 69-37.44N 135-29.26W inoperative2026-09-10
- RACON at relief islet 70-08.75N 130-49.67W inoperative2026-09-10
- Mcts iqaluit remote station resolute 68-19.00N 133-35.00W mf and hf r/t services off air2026-08-25
- RACON at tuktoyaktuk island light 69-27.35N 132-59.97W inoperative2025-10-03
- Mcts iqaluit remote station inuvik 68-19.00N 133-35.00W off air2023-11-01
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
134 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 21:43Z; 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.