Nav aids

Cape donington light 34-43.7S 135-59.6E unlit

Great Australian Bight · HYDROPAC 1471/04

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2005-03-02 17:46Z

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 272/04 130022Z SEP 04.. Issued 2004-09-13 01:17Z. 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: Great Australian Bight. The parsed report position is -34.728, 135.993. 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 Great Australian Bight →

issued: 2004-09-13 01:17Z
status: Archived notice
authority: AUSCOAST 272/04 130022Z SEP 04.
issued by: AUSCOAST
sea: Great Australian Bight
position: -34.728, 135.993
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CHART 75130 (16TH ED).
CAPE DONINGTON LIGHT 34-43.7S 135-59.6E UNLIT.

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.

All warning terms →

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

158 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.

West cape light 35-14.70S 136-49.44E unreliable2025-01-17
Cape donington light 35-43.59S 135-59.63E unreliable2024-12-21
South neptunes light 35-20.28S 136-07.04E unreliable2024-09-20
Warburto point light 34-00.37S 137-33.04E unreliable2024-04-30
Point marsden light 35-34.05S 137-37.24E unlit2024-01-09
Althorpe island light 35-22.10S 136-51.50E unreliable2023-12-19

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

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-24 22:08Z; 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.