Chowra island light 08-27.5N 093-03.3E unlit
Andaman or Burma Sea · HYDROPAC 1294/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-04-16 15:57Z
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 VIII 271/18 041001Z APR 18.. Issued 2018-04-04 13:54Z. 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
- Andaman or Burma Sea. The parsed report position is 8.458, 93.055. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 1294/18 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Andaman or Burma Sea →
- issued
- 2018-04-04 13:54Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 271/18 041001Z APR 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Andaman or Burma Sea
- position
- 8.458, 93.055
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BAY OF BENGAL. ANDAMAN SEA. NICOBAR ISLANDS. DNC 03. CHART 63390. CHOWRA ISLAND LIGHT 08-27.5N 093-03.3E UNLIT.
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.
- Unlit / extinguished
- A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
99 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.
- South sentinel light 10-58.83N 092-13.53E unlit2025-12-24
- Rani lakshmibai shila light 11-08.23N 093-30.81E unlit2024-06-06
- Light, fl (2) 05 sec 10 miles established in 11-08.23N 093-30.81E2024-05-24
- Isolated danger buoy 11-08.52N 093-30.35E unlit2024-05-01
- Light, fl (2) 15 sec 10 miles established in 11-08.23N 093-30.81E2024-04-29
- Katchall island east bay light 08-00.41N 093-24.54E inoperative2024-01-23
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
139 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-28 07:35Z; 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.