Nav aids

Nga chart 74289 (5TH ed)

Arafura Sea · HYDROPAC 1883/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-10-17 09:38Z

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 252/09 161703Z OCT 09.. Issued 2009-10-16 20:57Z. 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: Arafura Sea. The parsed report position is -10.605, 141.910. 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: 2009-10-16 20:57Z
status: Archived notice
authority: AUSCOAST 252/09 161703Z OCT 09.
issued by: AUSCOAST
sea: Arafura Sea
position: -10.605, 141.910
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NGA CHART 74289 (5TH ED).
BOOBY ISLAND LIGHT 10-36.3S 141-54.6E 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

310 within 180 nm since 1998 · 3 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.

Duyfken point light in 12-34.15S 141-35.98E unlit2026-09-22
Duyfken point light K3297 in position 12-34.15S 141-35.98E unlit2026-09-21
Duyfken point light in position 12-34.15S 141-35.98E unreliable2026-09-20
Chapman island light 12-53.08S 143-35.76E unlit2025-02-08
Wednesday island light 10-30.40S 142-18.80E unlit2025-01-26
Booby island light 10-36.30S 141-54.70E unreliable2024-12-06

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

Derelict ten meter vessel adrift in 11-55.02S 141-54.27E at 020629Z augDerelicts · 78.8 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

134 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-04 05:44Z; 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.