Nav aids

Copinsay light 58-53.80N 002-40.20W unreliable

North Sea · HYDROLANT 329/24

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2024-02-19 17:39Z

A later message explicitly cancels this notice. Cancellation ends the notice; the later message must be checked for any statement about recovery or continuing danger.

Source and dates
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · WZ 135/24 170002Z FEB 24.. Issued 2024-02-17 00:59Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
North Sea. The parsed report position is 58.897, -2.670. 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 North Sea →

issued
2024-02-17 00:59Z
status
Cancelled notice
authority
WZ 135/24 170002Z FEB 24.
issued by
WZ
sea
North Sea
position
58.897, -2.670
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

NORTH SEA.
SHETLAND ISLANDS.
DNC 20.
COPINSAY LIGHT 58-53.80N 002-40.20W 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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

1881 within 180 nm since 1998 · 4 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

98
00
05
10
15
20
25
26

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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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 2026-10-01 23:03Z; 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.