Nga chart 74290 (12TH ed)
Arafura Sea · HYDROPAC 1399/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-08-05 17:21Z
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) · AUSCOAST 177/09 051302Z AUG 09.. Issued 2009-08-05 17:33Z. 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
- Arafura Sea. The parsed report position is -10.742, 141.053. 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 1399/09 and this msg, aid restoredlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2009-08-05 17:33Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 177/09 051302Z AUG 09.
- issued by
- AUSCOAST
- sea
- Arafura Sea
- position
- -10.742, 141.053
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NGA CHART 74290 (12TH ED). CARPENTARIA SHOAL LIGHT 10-44.5S 141-03.2E UNLIT AND RACON INOPERATIVE.
Reading this warning
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- Shoal / reported depth
- Water shallower than the chart shows — a newly found shoal, a reported depth, or less water than charted.
- 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 · wrecks & obstructions
21 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Carpentaria shoal buoy 10-44.49S 141-03.38E unlit2023-08-10
- Carpentaria shoal buoy 10-44.50S 141-03.20E unlit2023-05-01
- Ackers shoal light 10-18.6S 142-48.7E unlit2014-11-25
- Cancel HYDROPAC 3659/132013-11-27
- Australia-northeast Coast2013-11-26
- Torres Strait2013-03-25
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
- Derelict ten meter vessel adrift in 11-55.02S 141-54.27E at 020629Z augDerelicts · 86.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
38 wrecks & obstructions listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-04 05:44Z; source collection times vary.
Wrecks
Dangerous wrecks, shoals and submerged obstructions. All current wrecks & obstructions →
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.