Unlit platforms anchored in: a. 34-45.84N 033-29.90E
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 3684/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-11-28 13:09Z
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 994/18 271206Z NOV 18.. Issued 2018-11-27 12:57Z. 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 - Eastern Basin. The parsed report position is 34.764, 33.497. 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 3616/18, 3684/18 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
- issued
- 2018-11-27 12:57Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-11-30 14:01Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 994/18 271206Z NOV 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 34.764, 33.497
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. CYPRUS-SOUTH COAST. DNC 10. CHART 54440. 1. UNLIT PLATFORMS ANCHORED IN: A. 34-45.84N 033-29.90E. B. 34-45.84N 033-29.77E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301401Z NOV 18.
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.
- Unlit / extinguished
- A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
14 within 180 nm since 2010 · 0 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.
- Odas buoy 33-33.41N 031-55.09E reported missing2024-11-07
- Jazirat arwad light 34-51.4N 035-51.4E unlit2018-09-16
- Jazirat ramkin light 34-29.8N 035-45.6E unlit2017-10-04
- Jazirat ramkin light 34-29.8N 035-45.6E unlit2017-10-03
- Ras al basit light 35-51.1N 035-48.3E unlit2017-05-21
- Baniyas light 35-08.8N 035-55.2E unreliable2015-04-01
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
- Odas buoy 33-33.41N 031-55.09E reported missingNav aids · 106.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 06:48Z; 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.