Nav aids

Apo island light 12-39.6N 120-25.0E unreliable

Sulu Sea · HYDROPAC 1098/06

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2008-02-03 09:26Z

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 XI 250/06 14 JUN 06.. Issued 2006-06-14 14:48Z. 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: Sulu Sea. The parsed report position is 12.660, 120.417. 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 Sulu Sea →

issued: 2006-06-14 14:48Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA XI 250/06 14 JUN 06.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea: Sulu Sea
position: 12.660, 120.417
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CHART 91320 (4TH ED).
APO ISLAND LIGHT 12-39.6N 120-25.0E UNRELIABLE.

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.
Inoperative / unreliable / off air: An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.

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

12 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.

Tanza light, fl (2) r 10 sec 18 miles, established in 14-22.93N 120-49.28E2025-05-30
Cape santiago light 13-46.32N 120-39.18E unlit2024-11-14
Cape santiago light, 13-46.32N 120-39.18E, F2614, extingushed2024-11-14
Corregidor island light 14-22.80N 120-34.60E unlit2024-08-14
Palauig light 15-25.80N 119-53.80E unlit2024-02-12
Simara island light 12-47.90N 122-01.20E unlit2023-12-21

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

Submarine pipeline works by M/V fortitudeCable ops · 108.6 nm
Manira NAVTEX station, j, 14-30.3N 121-03.9E, inoperativeNav aids · 117.1 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 12:24Z; 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.