Islote botafoch light 38-54.2N 001-27.2E unreliable
Balearic (Iberian Sea) · HYDROLANT 1562/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-05-21 13:45Z
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 III 424/18 181914Z MAY 18.. Issued 2018-05-18 19:40Z. 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
- Balearic (Iberian Sea). The parsed report position is 38.903, 1.453. 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
- Cancel HYDROLANT 1562/18 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Balearic (Iberian Sea) →
- issued
- 2018-05-18 19:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA III 424/18 181914Z MAY 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Balearic (Iberian Sea)
- position
- 38.903, 1.453
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. BALEARIC ISLANDS. DNC 08. CHART 52140. ISLOTE BOTAFOCH LIGHT 38-54.2N 001-27.2E UNRELIABLE.
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.
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
47 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.
- NAVTEX station cabo la nao (X) 38-43.07N 000-10.55E off air2024-03-11
- Cap tenes light 36-33.0N 001-20.4E unreliable2021-12-09
- Cap tenes light 36-33.0N 001-20.4E unlit2021-11-04
- Rio llobregat light 41-19.5N 002-09.1E range reduced2021-10-24
- Cap bengut light 36-55.3N 003-53.6E unlit2021-08-03
- Punta san carlos light 39-51.91N 004-18.41E unlit2021-04-03
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
138 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 07:09Z; 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.