Welangilala light 16-45.2S 179-06.3W unlit and RACON inoperative
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1928/04
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2005-01-26 11:10Z
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 XIV 86/04 090002Z DEC 04.. Issued 2004-12-17 13:21Z. 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
- South Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -16.753, -179.105. 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
- Wailagilala island light 16-45S 179-06W unlit and RACON inoperativecancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROPAC 1928/04 and this msg, 143/05 referslater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2004-12-17 13:21Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XIV 86/04 090002Z DEC 04.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -16.753, -179.105
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CHART 83500 (1ST ED). 1. WELANGILALA LIGHT 16-45.2S 179-06.3W UNLIT AND RACON INOPERATIVE. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1888/04.
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.
- RACON (radar beacon)
- A radar beacon on a buoy, lighthouse or structure that answers a ship's radar with a Morse-code mark on the screen.
- Inoperative / unreliable / off air
- An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
16 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 in the last 12 months · 2 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.
- Nggele levu light 16-05.42S 179-09.05W unlit2026-05-20
- Udu point light in 16-07.53S 179-57.21W unlit2026-03-02
- Nggele levu light 16-05.42S 179-09.35W unlit2022-05-18
- Welangilala light 16-44.6S 179-06.4W unlit2018-09-01
- Nggele levu light 16-05.5S 179-09.0W unlit2018-05-14
- Welangilala light 16-44.6S 179-06.4W unlit2018-01-11
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
- Nggele levu light 16-05.42S 179-09.05W unlitNav aids · 39.9 nm
- Udu point light in 16-07.53S 179-57.21W unlitNav aids · 61.7 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:10Z; 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.