Belmonte light 15-51.8S 038-52.6W unreliable
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 294/02
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 148/02 050402Z FEB 02. Issued 2002-02-05 07:10Z. 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
- South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -15.863, -38.877. 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
- Belmonte light 15-51.8S 038-52.6W at reduced intensitylater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2002-02-05 07:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA V 148/02 050402Z FEB 02
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -15.863, -38.877
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CHART 24200 (14TH ED). BELMONTE LIGHT 15-51.8S 038-52.6W UNRELIABLE.
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.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
175 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 in the last 12 months · 1 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.
- Araripe light 16-08.09S 038-57.86W unlit until 31 jan 272026-08-05
- Yellow odas buoy established in 17-58.12S 038-41.48W until 19 oct2026-04-23
- Mucuri light 18-03.61S 039-32.06W unlit until 09 mar 252024-09-11
- Contas light 14-16.44S 038-59.15W unlit until 04 mar 252024-09-05
- Morro de sao paulo light 13-22.53S 038-54.92W unlit until 18 sep2024-03-23
- Ponta da baleia light 17-41.31S 039-08.27W unlit until 13 aug2024-02-16
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.