Barra head light 56-47N 007-39W unlit
Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland · HYDROLANT 2017/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-07-19 02:19Z
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 1531/01 172217Z JUL 01; WZ 1530/01 172056Z JUL 01. Issued 2001-07-18 00:02Z. 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
- Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland. The parsed report position is 56.783, -7.650. 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
- Coversea skerries light 57-44N 003-20W at reduced intensitycancelled by this notice
- Barra head light 56-47N 007-39W at reduced intensitycancelled by this notice
- Shoal reported, least depth 8.1 meters, in 59-39.45N 020-11.57Elater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland →
- issued
- 2001-07-18 00:02Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- WZ 1531/01 172217Z JUL 01; WZ 1530/01 172056Z JUL 01
- issued by
- WZ
- sea
- Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
- position
- 56.783, -7.650
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CHART 35247 (4TH ED). 1. BARRA HEAD LIGHT 56-47N 007-39W UNLIT. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2007/01, AID RESTORED. 3. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2009/01.
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.
- Unlit / extinguished
- A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROLANT
- The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
1511 within 180 nm since 1998 · 5 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.
- Dubh artach light 56-08.0N 006-38.1W unreliable2026-09-17
- Dubh artach light 56-08.00N 006-38.10W unreliable2026-09-16
- RACON at hyskeir light 56-58.20N 006-40.80W inoperative2026-08-28
- Mew island light 54-41.90N 005-30.80W unreliable2026-08-11
- Mf dsc service off air at tiree 56-30.20N 006-57.80W2026-08-08
- GPS jamming exercises 0730Z to 1630Z daily 23 sep thru 04 oct in area within 22 miles of 54-50.00N 004-56.00W2024-09-18
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 2026-10-02 05:08Z; 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.