Nga chart 74240 (8TH ed)
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 1576/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-09-04 13:03Z
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 204/09 020004Z SEP 09.. Issued 2009-09-02 07:43Z. 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
- Coral Sea. The parsed report position is -18.556, 146.306. 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
- issued
- 2009-09-02 07:43Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 204/09 020004Z SEP 09.
- issued by
- AUSCOAST
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -18.556, 146.306
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NGA CHART 74240 (8TH ED). INGHAM DGPS STATION 18-33.34S 146-18.35E INOPERATIVE.
Reading this warning
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- GNSS / GPS
- Satellite positioning — GPS and other systems — and the testing, jamming and interference that make it unreliable in an area.
- 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.
- Inoperative / unreliable / off air
- An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
108 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.
- RACON at gubbins reef light 15-42.58S 145-23.83E unreliable2025-06-14
- Cape cleveland light 19-10.98S 147-00.93E unlit2024-11-15
- Eshelby island light 20-01.02S 148-37.59E unreliable2024-04-16
- Pickersgill reef light 15-51.41S 145-33.32E unlit2024-04-15
- Little fitzroy island light 16-55.38S 146-00.39E unlit2024-02-25
- RACON at gubbins reef light 15-42.58S 145-23.83E inoperative2024-01-16
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
134 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 02:35Z; 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.