Gura portita light 44-40.6N 028-59.3E unlit
Black Sea · HYDROLANT 668/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-03-01 14:38Z
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 185/18 261201Z FEB 18.. Issued 2018-02-26 13:21Z. 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
- Black Sea. The parsed report position is 44.677, 28.988. 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 668/18 and this msg, aid restoredlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2018-02-26 13:21Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA III 185/18 261201Z FEB 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Black Sea
- position
- 44.677, 28.988
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BLACK SEA. ROMANIA. DNC 10. CHART 55120. GURA PORTITA LIGHT 44-40.6N 028-59.3E UNLIT.
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.
- 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.
- Unlit / extinguished
- A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
11 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Fog signal at constanta outer harbor light 44-08.61N 028-40.37E inoperative2024-09-16
- Platform with light, f w 9.5 meters 10 miles, fog signal mo(u) 30 sec, established in 44-04-18N 029-58-12E2021-04-15
- Fog signal at capul tuzla light 43-59.4N 028-40.0E unlit2018-07-13
- Capul tuzla light 43-59.4N 028-40.0E unlit2017-12-07
- Capul tuzla light 43-59.4N 028-40.0E unlit2017-12-05
- Eight unlit yellow buoys, established within 1.22 miles of 44-16.43N 031-01.70E2015-04-17
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
- Due to the presence of mines, all vessels approaching and departing romanian ports are encouraged to use the…Mines · 27.6 nm
- Fog signal at constanta outer harbor light 44-08.61N 028-40.37E inoperativeNav aids · 34.8 nm
- Mines reported in area within five miles of 45-07.10N 030-09.70EMines · 56.5 nm
- 1- neptun alpha production platform has been established at the central coordinate point: 44-02.85N 030-35.25EStructures · 78.4 nm
- Object adrift in vicinity 43-55.10N 030-37.65E at 250923Z sepDebris · 83.9 nm
- Underwater operations 05 jan 25 thru 31 dec 26 in area bound by 44-04.40N 030-34.13E, 44-02.40N 030-30.50E,…Surveys · 84.5 nm
- War risk area, in northwestern part of black sea to northern of line 45-12.2N 029-41.1E 45-11.5N 029-41.4E…War risk · 85 nm
- Mining operations in progress until further notice in areas bound by: a. 46-22.50N 030-45.10E, 46-20.20N…Mines · 91.3 nm
- Ukrainian coastal warning coordinator has declared the following coastal aproach instructions for entry or…Other · 91.7 nm
- The coordinator of coastal alerts of ukraine has declared the following coastal approach instructions for…War risk · 92.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:14Z; 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.