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Scotland-east Coast

North Sea · HYDROLANT 537/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-06-02 09:52Z

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 366/12 081640Z MAR 12.. Issued 2012-03-08 21:18Z. 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 57.610, -1.815. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the North Sea →

issued
2012-03-08 21:18Z
status
Archived notice
authority
WZ 366/12 081640Z MAR 12.
issued by
WZ
sea
North Sea
position
57.610, -1.815
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SCOTLAND-EAST COAST.
CHART 35013
RATTRAY HEAD LIGHT 57-36.6N 001-48.9W RANGE
TEMPORARILY REDUCED TO 12 MILES.

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.

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

1964 within 180 nm since 1998 · 6 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

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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 00:57Z; source collection times vary.

Nav aids

Lights extinguished, buoys off station, RACON/NAVTEX outages. All current aids-to-navigation notices →

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