Welangilala light 16-45S 179-06W unlit and RACON inoperable
HYDROPAC 1083/06
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2006-09-10 12:07Z
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 XIV 14/06 130340Z JUN 06.. Issued 2006-06-13 10:13Z. 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
- No named location parsed. The parsed report position is -17.474, 34.856. 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
- Welangilala light 16-45S 179-06W unlit and RACON inoperablecancelled by this notice
- Navula reef south end light 17-55.3S 177-12.7E unlitlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2006-06-13 10:13Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XIV 14/06 130340Z JUN 06.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
- position
- -17.474, 34.856
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. CHART 83034 (1ST ED). WELANGILALA LIGHT 16-45S 179-06W UNLIT AND RACON INOPERABLE. NGGELE LEVU LIGHT 16-05S 179-09W UNLIT. 2. CHART 76030 (9TH ED). SW REEF LIGHT 18-30S 177-59E UNLIT. 3. CHART 83500 (1ST ED). NAVO ISLAND LIGHT 18-07S 177-20E UNLIT. NAVULA REEF SOUTH END LIGHT 17-55.3S 177-12.7E UNLIT 4. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2156/05.
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.
- Unlit / extinguished
- A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.
- RACON (radar beacon)
- A radar beacon on a buoy, lighthouse or structure that answers a ship's radar with a Morse-code mark on the screen.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
11 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Porto do chinde, farol inharmiara light 18-31.3S 036-31.5E unlit2020-10-14
- Lights unlit: a. porto do chinde, farol inharmiara 18-31-20S 036-31-27E2020-05-18
- Lights unlit: a. porto do chinde, farol inharmiara 18-31.3S 036-31.5E2019-05-27
- Lights unlit: a. porto do chinde, farol inharmiara 18-31.3S 036-31.5E2019-05-11
- Welangilala light 16-45.2S 179-06.3W unlit and RACON inoperative2006-06-25
- Vilhena light 18-05.8S 036-55.3E unlit2003-03-19
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
134 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 00:05Z; 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.