Nav aids

Ile juan de nova light 17-03S 042-42E unlit

Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 1394/05

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2005-09-05 11:00Z

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) · LA REUNION 56/05 280017Z AUG 05.. Issued 2005-08-28 12:46Z. 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
Mozambique Channel. The parsed report position is -17.050, 42.700. 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
2005-08-28 12:46Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2005-09-05 11:00Z
authority
LA REUNION 56/05 280017Z AUG 05.
issued by
LA REUNION
sea
Mozambique Channel
position
-17.050, 42.700
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CHART 61440 (2ND ED).
1. ILE JUAN DE NOVA LIGHT 17-03S 042-42E UNLIT.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 051100Z SEP.

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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Date-time group (DTG)
A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.

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

16 within 180 nm since 1998 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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21

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

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 11:38Z; source collection times vary.

Nav aids

Lights extinguished, buoys off station, RACON/NAVTEX outages. All current aids-to-navigation notices →

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