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Ironsand terminal light 38-10.1S 174-42.3E temporarily removed

Tasman Sea · HYDROPAC 1612/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-03-25 12:51Z

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 114/21 302310Z MAY 21.. Issued 2021-05-30 23:30Z. 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: Tasman Sea. The parsed report position is -38.168, 174.705. 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 Tasman Sea →

issued: 2021-05-30 23:30Z
status: Archived notice
authority: CNW 114/21 302310Z MAY 21.
issued by: CNW
sea: Tasman Sea
position: -38.168, 174.705
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

TASMAN SEA.
NEW ZEALAND.
DNC 06.
IRONSAND TERMINAL LIGHT 38-10.1S 174-42.3E
TEMPORARILY REMOVED.

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.

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

74 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.

Piha light 36-58.21S 174-28.05E unlit2024-07-18
Taupo maritime radio 38-52.16S 176-26.13E hf ssb and dsc unreliable2023-09-06
Taupo maritime radio 38-52.2S 176-26.1E inmarsat-c unreliable2023-08-31
Odas buoy established in 39-59.00S 174-08.00E2023-06-10
Taupo maritime radio 38-52.20S 176-26.10E inmarsat-c unreliable2023-04-18
Taupo maritime radio 38-52.20S 176-26.10E inmarsat-c unreliable2023-04-01

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 2026-10-02 18:50Z; 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.