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Nga chart 36002 (0 ed)

Irish Sea and St. George's Channel · HYDROLANT 1613/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-09-01 13:01Z

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) · WZ 992/09 251059Z AUG 09.. Issued 2009-08-25 16:58Z. 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
Irish Sea and St. George's Channel. The parsed report position is 52.664, -5.975. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2009-08-25 16:58Z
status
Archived notice
authority
WZ 992/09 251059Z AUG 09.
issued by
WZ
sea
Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
position
52.664, -5.975
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NGA CHART 36002 (0 ED).
1. NEW SOUTH ARKLOW BUOY, FL (6) W 15 SEC, RACON (O),
   ESTABLISHED IN 52-40.196N 005-58.886W.
2. ARKLOW LANBY 52-39.5N 005-58.1W DISCONTINUED.

Reading this warning

Chart reference
The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
Light characteristic
The coded description of a light — FL W 10 SEC 8 METERS 8 MILES — giving its rhythm, colour, period, height and range.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

1694 within 180 nm since 1997 · 3 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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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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 17:22Z; source collection times vary.

Nav aids

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