Nav aids

Nggele levu light 16-05.42S 179-09.35W unlit

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1367/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-07-28 08:17Z

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 95/22 171017Z MAY 22.. Issued 2022-05-18 02:48Z. 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: South Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -16.090, -179.156. 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 South Pacific Ocean →

issued: 2022-05-18 02:48Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA XIV 95/22 171017Z MAY 22.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
sea: South Pacific Ocean
position: -16.090, -179.156
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH PACIFIC.
FIJI.
DNC 06.
NGGELE LEVU LIGHT 16-05.42S 179-09.35W 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.
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.

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

16 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 in the last 12 months · 2 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.

Nggele levu light 16-05.42S 179-09.05W unlit2026-05-20
Udu point light in 16-07.53S 179-57.21W unlit2026-03-02
Welangilala light 16-44.6S 179-06.4W unlit2018-09-01
Nggele levu light 16-05.5S 179-09.0W unlit2018-05-14
Welangilala light 16-44.6S 179-06.4W unlit2018-01-11
Welangilala light 16-45.2S 179-06.3W unlit and RACON inoperative2004-12-17

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

Nggele levu light 16-05.42S 179-09.05W unlitNav aids · 0.3 nm
Udu point light in 16-07.53S 179-57.21W unlitNav aids · 46.1 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 05:47Z; 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.