RACON at tarbat ness light 57-52N 003-47W inoperative
North Sea · HYDROLANT 3513/00
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2000-10-16 15:40Z
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) · WZ 1975/00 151451Z OCT 00. Issued 2000-10-15 15:19Z. 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
- North Sea. The parsed report position is 57.867, -3.783. 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
- issued
- 2000-10-15 15:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- WZ 1975/00 151451Z OCT 00
- issued by
- WZ
- sea
- North Sea
- position
- 57.867, -3.783
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CHART 35101 (6TH ED). RACON AT TARBAT NESS LIGHT 57-52N 003-47W INOPERATIVE.
Reading this warning
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- RACON (radar beacon)
- A radar beacon on a buoy, lighthouse or structure that answers a ship's radar with a Morse-code mark on the screen.
- 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
2256 within 180 nm since 1998 · 7 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.
- Dubh artach light 56-08.0N 006-38.1W unreliable2026-09-17
- Dubh artach light 56-08.00N 006-38.10W unreliable2026-09-16
- RACON at hyskeir light 56-58.20N 006-40.80W inoperative2026-08-28
- Mf dsc and r/t services off air at: a. cullercoats 55-04.40N 001-27.80W2026-08-24
- Mf dsc and r/t services off air at: a. cullercoats 55-04.40N 001-27.80W2026-08-16
- Mf dsc service off air at tiree 56-30.20N 006-57.80W2026-08-08
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
134 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 15:14Z; 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.