Nav aids

Cabo orange light 04-25.86N 051-32.52W unlit until 15 feb 24

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1844/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-02-16 00:01Z

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) · NAVAREA V COASTAL 452/23 190327Z AUG 23.. Issued 2023-08-19 05:15Z. 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: North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 4.431, -51.542. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →

issued: 2023-08-19 05:15Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2024-02-16 00:01Z
authority: NAVAREA V COASTAL 452/23 190327Z AUG 23.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
issued by: NAVAREA V COASTAL
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 4.431, -51.542
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
BRAZIL.
DNC 14.
1. CABO ORANGE LIGHT 04-25.86N 051-32.52W UNLIT
   UNTIL 15 FEB 24.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 160001Z FEB 24.

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.
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.
Unlit / extinguished: A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Date-time group (DTG): A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.

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

37 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.

Cabo orange light 04-26.0N 051-32.2W2024-09-19
Cabo orange light 04-25.86N 051-32.52W unlit until 11 sep2024-03-15
Ile royale light 05-17.22N 052-35.52W unlit2023-10-31
Ile royale light 05-17.22N 052-35.52W unlit2023-10-12
Ile royale front leading light 05-17.07N 052-35.21W unlit2023-09-07
Ile royale front leading light 05-17.07N 052-35.21W unlit2023-06-06

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

137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:46Z; 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.