Welangilala light 16-45.2S 179-06.3W unlit and RACON inoperative
HYDROPAC 1188/06
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2006-06-26 15:12Z
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 2006-06-25 19:44Z. 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 -17.478, 34.855. 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
- Distress signal received on 243 mhz in 14-05.6N 132-19.6E at 261212Z junlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2006-06-25 19:44Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XIV 14/06 130340Z JUN 06.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
- position
- -17.478, 34.855
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CHARTS 83570 (2ND ED), 83590 (1ST ED). 1. WELANGILALA LIGHT 16-45.2S 179-06.3W UNLIT AND RACON INOPERATIVE. 2. NGGELE LEVU LIGHT 16-05.4S 179-08.8W UNLIT. 3. NAVULA REEF LIGHT 17-55.3S 177-12.7E UNLIT. 4. NAVO ISLAND LIGHT 18-07.0S 177-20.0E UNLIT. 5. SOUTHWEST REEF LIGHT 18-30.4S 177-58.9E UNLIT.
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.
- Inoperative / unreliable / off air
- An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
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 16-45S 179-06W unlit and RACON inoperable2006-06-13
- 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
140 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-26 11:01Z; 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.