Baniyas light 35-08.8N 035-55.2E unreliable
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 769/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-01-20 11:37Z
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 161/15 011145Z APR 15.. Issued 2015-04-01 16:45Z. 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 35.147, 35.920. 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
- Baniyas light 35-08.8N 035-55.2E unreliablecancelled by this notice
- Gunnery exercises 0600Z to 1300Z daily 20, 26 and 28 jan, 09, 11, 15, 17, 22 thru 25 and 29 feb, 0600Z to…later cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
- issued
- 2015-04-01 16:45Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA III 161/15 011145Z APR 15.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 35.147, 35.920
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. SYRIA. DNC 10. CHART 54480. 1. BANIYAS LIGHT 35-08.8N 035-55.2E UNRELIABLE. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2627/14.
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.
- Inoperative / unreliable / off air
- An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROLANT
- The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
13 within 180 nm since 2010 · 0 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.
- Unlit platforms anchored in: a. 34-45.84N 033-29.90E2018-11-27
- 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 unreliable2014-10-29
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
137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:56Z; 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.