Lights unlit: a. porto do chinde, farol inharmiara 18-31-20S 036-31-27E
Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 1479/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-07-24 13:01Z
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) · NAVAREA VII 121/20 181944Z MAY 20.. Issued 2020-05-18 20:32Z. 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 -18.309, 36.723. 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
- Lights unlit: a. porto do chinde, farol inharmiara 18-31.3S 036-31.5Ecancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROPAC 1479/20 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mozambique Channel →
- issued
- 2020-05-18 20:32Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VII 121/20 181944Z MAY 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mozambique Channel
- position
- -18.309, 36.723
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL.
MOZAMBIQUE.
DNC 02.
CHART 61150.
1. LIGHTS UNLIT:
A. PORTO DO CHINDE, FAROL INHARMIARA
18-31-20S 036-31-27E.
B. VILHENA 18-05-44S 036-55-22E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1739/19.
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.
- Unlit / extinguished
- A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
30 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.
- Ponta matirre light 17-16.5S 038-11.0E removed2022-04-21
- Ponta matirre light 17-16.5S 038-11.0E unlit2022-02-03
- Ponta matirre light 17-16.5S 038-11.0E unlit2022-02-03
- Ponta matirre light 17-16.5S 038-11.0E unlit2021-08-05
- Porto do chinde, farol inharmiara light 18-31.3S 036-31.5E unlit2020-10-14
- Lights unlit: a. porto do chinde, farol inharmiara 18-31.3S 036-31.5E2019-05-27
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 07:15Z; 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.