Nav aids

NAVTEX stations off air: a. valparaiso (b) 33-04.7S 071-36.8W

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1222/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-04-18 16:29Z

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 XV 68/17 041333Z APR 17.. Issued 2017-04-05 13:34Z. 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 Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -32.307, -84.719. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2017-04-05 13:34Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XV 68/17 041333Z APR 17.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XV · named as the source of this relay
sea
South Pacific Ocean
position
-32.307, -84.719
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
CHILE.
DNC 06, DNC 07.
1. NAVTEX STATIONS OFF AIR:
   A. VALPARAISO (B) 33-04.7S 071-36.8W.
   B. ISLA DE PASCUA (F) 27-09.0S 109-26.2W.
2. NAVTEX STATION TALCAHUANO (C) 36-41.5S 073-06.5W
   ASSUMES CONTROL AND WILL TRANSMIT VIA SAFETYNET.

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.
NAVTEX
An automated medium-frequency radio service that sends coastal warnings as text to a small printer or screen on board.
Inoperative / unreliable / off air
An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
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.
Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.

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

2 within 180 nm since 2017 · 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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:16Z; 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.