Hon chut light 11-47.0N 109-13.3E range increased to 16 miles
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 1156/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-02-01 15:27Z
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) · HAIPHONG RADIO 201242Z APR 16.. Issued 2016-04-20 13:02Z. 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 China Sea. The parsed report position is 11.783, 109.222. 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
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2016-04-20 13:02Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- HAIPHONG RADIO 201242Z APR 16.
- issued by
- HAIPHONG RADIO
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 11.783, 109.222
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. VIETNAM. DNC 11. CHART 93440. HON CHUT LIGHT 11-47.0N 109-13.3E RANGE INCREASED TO 16 MILES.
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.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
34 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 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.
- F/V sg 66014 ts sunk in 10-02.08N 106-57.98E2026-08-29
- One person overboard from F/V bth 86436 ts in 10-47.75N 108-08.60E at 121715Z mar2023-03-13
- Two persons overboard from F/V in 10-19N 108-01E2022-03-03
- F/V py 94477 ts, four persons abandoned ship in vicinity 11-53N 109-35E at 050755Z aug2021-08-05
- M/V abandoning ship in 11-11N 111-11E at 202123Z oct2020-10-21
- Two persons overboard from F/V nt 01996 ts, in 11-04.4N 108-56.8E at 031200Z jan2020-01-05
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
- Dangerous wreck in 10-22.31N 107-46.96EWrecks · 119.9 nm
- Sunken wreck exists in 10-22.31N 107-46.96EWrecks · 119.9 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:34Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.