Nav aids

Ponta da barra light 23-47.5S 035-32.3E unlit

Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 1842/03

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2003-12-06 12:20Z

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 137/03 230705Z OCT 03. Issued 2003-10-24 00:10Z. 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 -23.792, 35.538. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 2003-10-24 00:10Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA VII 137/03 230705Z OCT 03
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Mozambique Channel
position: -23.792, 35.538
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CHART 61130 (3RD ED).
PONTA DA BARRA LIGHT 23-47.5S 035-32.3E UNLIT.

Reading this warning

Chart reference: The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
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

14 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.

Cabo bazaruto light 21-32-03S 035-29-10E unlit2021-05-27
Cabo bazaruto light 21-32-03S 035-29-10E unlit2021-01-27
Baizos da boa paz light 24-57.9S 034-10.2E unlit2020-02-24
Lights unlit: a. ponta zavora light 24-31.4S 035-11.8E2019-03-07
Ponta zavora light 24-31.4S 035-11.8E unlit2018-03-07
Ponta zavora light 24-31.5S 035-11.9E unlit2015-05-12

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 06:35Z; 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.