Ponta de castelhanos light 23-10.05S 044-05.57W unreliable
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 266/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-02-06 05:50Z
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 141/02; NAVAREA 142/02 021232Z FEB 02. Issued 2002-02-02 17:02Z. 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
- 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Risca do zumbi buoy 05-11S 035-11W temporarily removedcancelled by this notice
- Belmonte light 15-51.8S 038-52.6W at reduced intensitylater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2002-02-02 17:02Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA V 141/02; NAVAREA 142/02 021232Z FEB 02
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- 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
CHART 24150 (27TH ED). 1. PONTA DE CASTELHANOS LIGHT 23-10.05S 044-05.57W UNRELIABLE. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 244/02.
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.
- Inoperative / unreliable / off air
- An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
- 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
335 within 180 nm since 1999 · 4 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.
- Ponta dos meros light 23-13.57S 044-20.83W unlit until 24 mar2026-09-26
- Ponta dos meros light 23-13.57S 044-20.83W unlit until 26 sep2026-03-31
- Odas buoy established in 24-06.36S 045-38.78W2026-03-30
- Laje da conceicao light 24-14.18S 046-41.46W unlit until 24 sep2026-03-30
- Quissama light 22-09.70S 041-17.90W unlit until 10 mar 252024-09-11
- Yellow odas buoy established in 24-08.60S 045-40.70W2024-04-25
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 04:27Z; 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.