Nav aids

Stevens Island Light in Arafura Sea, Australia (11-32.70S 136-07.29E) is unlit.

Arafura Sea · HYDROPAC 1531/24

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z

This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.

Source and dates: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · AUSCOAST 149/24 080308Z MAY 24.. Issued 2024-05-08 03:22Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Arafura Sea. The parsed report position is -11.545, 136.121. 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 Arafura Sea →

issued: 2024-05-08 03:22Z
status: Cancelled notice
authority: AUSCOAST 149/24 080308Z MAY 24.
issued by: AUSCOAST
sea: Arafura Sea
position: -11.545, 136.121
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

ARAFURA SEA.
AUSTRALIA.
DNC 05.
STEVENS ISLAND LIGHT 11-32.70S 136-07.29E 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.
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

27 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.

North east islet light 13-38.04S 136-57.04E unlit2024-05-07
Haul round island light 11-53.45S 134-12.72E unlit2023-10-24
Truant island light 11-40.20S 136-49.99E unlit2023-10-06
Cape wessel light 11-00.28S 136-45.57E unlit2023-07-12
Truant island light 11-40.22S 136-49.98E unlit2023-03-24
Bickerton island light 13-47.31S 136-16.92E unlit2023-03-10

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 05:07Z; 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.