Nav aids

Nugget point light 46-27S 169-50E unlit

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1446/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-05-02 10:55Z

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) · CNW 81/15 300530Z APR 15.. Issued 2015-04-30 08:12Z. 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 -46.450, 169.833. 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: 2015-04-30 08:12Z
status: Archived notice
authority: CNW 81/15 300530Z APR 15.
issued by: CNW
sea: South Pacific Ocean
position: -46.450, 169.833
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NEW ZEALAND-SOUTH COAST.
DNC 06.
CHART 76130.
NUGGET POINT LIGHT 46-27S 169-50E 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.

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

31 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.

Taiaroa head light 45-46.42S 170-43.73E unlit2023-08-04
Cape saunders light 45-52.83S 170-43.70E unlit2022-11-07
Taiaroa head light 45-46.4S 170-43.7E unlit2018-09-20
Ackers point light 46-53.7S 168-09.8E red sector unreliable2017-08-17
Ackers point light 46-53.7S 168-09.8E unlit2017-08-15
Tautuku peninsula light 46-36.7S 169-26.2E unreliable2014-11-13

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

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:23Z; 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.