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Ponta de castelhanos light 23-10.1S 044-05.6W reduced range

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1992/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-08-14 12:11Z

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 S 452/20 191004Z JUN 20.. Issued 2020-06-19 10:30Z. 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 -23.168, -44.093. 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 South Atlantic Ocean →

issued
2020-06-19 10:30Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA V COASTAL S 452/20 191004Z JUN 20.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
issued by
NAVAREA V COASTAL S
sea
South Atlantic Ocean
position
-23.168, -44.093
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC.
BRAZIL-SOUTH COAST.
DNC 01.
1. PONTA DE CASTELHANOS LIGHT 23-10.1S 044-05.6W
   REDUCED RANGE.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 17 DEC 20.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
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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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

33 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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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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

23 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 00:49Z; source collection times vary.

Other

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

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