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Southwest buoy 48-31.2N 005-49.1W unreliable

Celtic Sea · HYDROLANT 178/04

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2004-02-05 10:40Z

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 II 45/05 301020Z JAN 04. Issued 2004-01-30 18:20Z. 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
Celtic Sea. The parsed report position is 48.520, -5.818. 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 Celtic Sea →

issued
2004-01-30 18:20Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA II 45/05 301020Z JAN 04
NAVAREA
NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea
Celtic Sea
position
48.520, -5.818
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CHART 37230 (16TH ED).
SOUTHWEST BUOY 48-31.2N 005-49.1W UNRELIABLE.

Reading this warning

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.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

169 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 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

Worldwide in the collected sources

21 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 04:33Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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.