Ararangua light 28-56.3S 049-21.6W unlit
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2479/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-10-10 08:20Z
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 S 920/15 031312Z OCT 15.. Issued 2015-10-03 16:09Z. 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 -28.938, -49.360. 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
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2015-10-03 16:09Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA V S 920/15 031312Z OCT 15.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- NAVAREA V S
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -28.938, -49.360
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BRAZIL-SOUTH COAST. DNC 01. CHART 24120. 1. ARARANGUA LIGHT 28-56.3S 049-21.6W UNLIT. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 31 MAR 16.
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.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
244 within 180 nm since 1998 · 2 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.
- Itapeva light 29-33.40S 049-53.37W unlit until 07 mar 272026-09-09
- Ponta da galheta light 27-34.55S 048-24.99W unlit until 31 aug2026-03-05
- Ponta da galheta light 27-34.55S 048-24.99W unlit until 01 dec2024-06-05
- Ilha dos lobos light 28-26.77S 048-42.45W unlit until 14 oct2024-04-17
- RACON at solidao light 31-14.94S 050-54.48W inoperative until 30 sep2024-04-04
- RACON at solidao light 30-42.08S 050-28.85W inoperative until 30 sep2024-04-04
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 04:59Z; 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.