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Ponta de pedras light 07-37.7S 034-48.7W unlit until 03 nov

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 968/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-11-04 00:01Z

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 V COASTAL 259/24 080031Z MAY 24.. Issued 2024-05-08 00:56Z. 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: South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -7.628, -34.812. 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 South Atlantic Ocean →

issued: 2024-05-08 00:56Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2024-11-04 00:01Z
authority: NAVAREA V COASTAL 259/24 080031Z MAY 24.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
issued by: NAVAREA V COASTAL
sea: South Atlantic Ocean
position: -7.628, -34.812
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC.
BRAZIL.
DNC 01.
1. PONTA DE PEDRAS LIGHT 07-37.7S 034-48.7W UNLIT
   UNTIL 03 NOV.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 040001Z NOV 24.

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.
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.
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.

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

228 within 180 nm since 1999 · 5 in the last 12 months · 4 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.

Ponta da gameleira light 05-13.19S 035-25.37W unlit until 15 feb 272026-08-19
Odas buoy established in 05-09.46S 035-09.81W2026-05-13
Odas buoy bravo rn-l temporarily established until 20 oct in 04-53.00S 035-46.01W2026-05-08
Tamandare light 08-45.57S 035-06.08W unlit until 02 nov2026-05-07
Maceio light 09-41.03S 035-43.38W unlit until 31 oct2026-05-04
Baia da traicao light 06-40.53S 034-55.97W unlit until 28 jun 242023-12-31

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

Tamandare light 08-45.57S 035-06.08W unlit until 02 novNav aids · 70.1 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 06:17Z; 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.