Ras afia light 36-49.0N 005-41.4E unreliable
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 2574/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-10-22 00:36Z
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 III 759/21 190004Z OCT 21.. Issued 2021-10-19 03:10Z. 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
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin. The parsed report position is 36.817, 5.690. 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
- Cancel HYDROLANT 2574/21 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →
- issued
- 2021-10-19 03:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA III 759/21 190004Z OCT 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
- position
- 36.817, 5.690
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. ALGERIA. DNC 08. CHART 52220. RAS AFIA LIGHT 36-49.0N 005-41.4E UNRELIABLE.
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.
- Inoperative / unreliable / off air
- An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
109 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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.
- Cap corbelin light 36-54.5N 004-25.5E temporarily changed to f wr2022-01-06
- Jazirat tabargah light 36-57.8N 008-45.5E unreliable2021-12-14
- Ile srigina light 36-56.2N 006-56.2E unreliable2021-12-07
- Cap corbelin light 36-54.5N 004-25.5E unlit2021-10-25
- Cap bengut light 36-55.3N 003-53.6E unlit2021-08-03
- Cap serrat light 37-14.0N 009-12.7E unreliable2021-08-03
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:41Z; 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.