Carpentaria shoal buoy 10-44.50S 141-03.20E unlit
Arafura Sea · HYDROPAC 1440/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-01-25 01:24Z
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 116/23 010922Z MAY 23.. Issued 2023-05-01 11:10Z. 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 993/22, 1149/23, 1345/23, 1440/23, 1873/23, 1874/23, 2630/23, 2787/23, 2813/23, 2880/23,…later cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 1440/23 · this notice2023-05-01 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2581/232023-08-10 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2023-05-01 11:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 116/23 010922Z MAY 23.
- 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
GULF OF CARPENTARIA. AUSTRALIA. DNC 05. CARPENTARIA SHOAL BUOY 10-44.50S 141-03.20E 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.
- 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.
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
- 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
- Vessel aground in 11-35.7S 142-56.4E at 162116Z jun2012-06-16
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
- Duyfken point light K3297 in position 12-34.15S 141-35.98E unlitNav aids · 114.3 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
37 wrecks & obstructions listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 22:05Z; 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.