RACON at ihla de santana light 02-16.2S 043-37.4W inoperative
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1531/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-04-24 05:20Z
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) · NAVAREA V 924/01 AOR-E EGC #370 260401Z MAY 01. Issued 2001-05-26 05:36Z. 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
- South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -2.270, -43.623. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Ilha de santana light 02-16.2S 043-37.4W unlitcancelled by this notice
- RACON at ihla de santana light 02-16.2S 043-37.4W inoperativelater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2001-05-26 05:36Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA V 924/01 AOR-E EGC #370 260401Z MAY 01
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -2.270, -43.623
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CHART 24270 (3RD ED). 1. RACON AT IHLA DE SANTANA LIGHT 02-16.2S 043-37.4W INOPERATIVE. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1516/01.
Reading this warning
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- 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.
- Inoperative / unreliable / off air
- An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROLANT
- The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
179 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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.
- Santana light 02-16.23S 043-37.43W unlit until 03 dec2024-06-06
- Ilha maiau light 01-16.90S 044-54.20W unlit until 27 oct2024-05-01
- Ponta do trapia light 02-51.77S 040-51.63W range reduced to ten miles2024-04-04
- Radio beacon at ponta de sao marcos in 02-29.29S 044-18.12W off air until 29 sep2024-04-02
- Ponta de sao marcos light in 02-29.31S 044-18.12W unlit until 29 sep2024-04-02
- Ilha do apeu light 00-54.62S 046-11.34W damaged and unlit until 27 feb 242023-09-01
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
140 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-27 04:34Z; 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.