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Ile vierge light 48-38.32N 004-34.04W range reduced

English Channel · HYDROLANT 860/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-05-03 17:28Z

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) · AVURNAV BREST 118/24 230550Z APR 24.. Issued 2024-04-23 07:52Z. 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
English Channel. The parsed report position is 48.639, -4.567. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2024-04-23 07:52Z
status
Archived notice
authority
AVURNAV BREST 118/24 230550Z APR 24.
issued by
AVURNAV BREST
sea
English Channel
position
48.639, -4.567
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ENGLISH CHANNEL.
FRANCE.
DNC 20.
1. ILE VIERGE LIGHT 48-38.32N 004-34.04W
   RANGE REDUCED.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 185/23.

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DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
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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.
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.

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

1040 within 180 nm since 1997 · 4 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Worldwide in the collected sources

137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:26Z; source collection times vary.

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