Nav aids

Nga chart 63250 (6TH ed)

Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 1671/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-01-29 10:30Z

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 VIII 460/10 161002Z AUG 10.. Issued 2010-08-17 17:54Z. 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: Bay of Bengal. The parsed report position is 10.270, 79.313. 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 Bay of Bengal →

issued: 2010-08-17 17:54Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA VIII 460/10 161002Z AUG 10.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Bay of Bengal
position: 10.270, 79.313
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

INDIA-SOUTHEAST COAST.
NGA CHART 63250 (6TH ED).
MALLIPATTINAM LIGHT FL W 5 SEC 45 METERS
ESTABLISHED IN 10-16.2N 079-18.8E.

Reading this warning

Chart reference: The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
Light characteristic: The coded description of a light — FL W 10 SEC 8 METERS 8 MILES — giving its rhythm, colour, period, height and range.
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

91 within 180 nm since 2000 · 4 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.

NAVTEX station porto novo (o) in 11-30.25N 079-46.20E off air until 10 sep2026-09-09
RACON at muttam point light 08-07.37N 077-19.05E inoperative2026-08-07
RACON at pondicherry light 11-54.99N 079-49.85E inoperative2026-01-14
RACON at muttum point 08-07.00N 077-19.00E inoperative2026-01-13
Lidar buoy established until 26 dec in 07-54.16N 077-39.84E2024-09-26
RACON (o) at vilinjam light 08-22.97N 076-58.78E inoperative2023-06-15

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 16:16Z; 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.