Ponta do diabo light 12-44.8S 040-38.1E unlit
Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 2123/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2004-01-17 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 158/03 050800Z DEC 03; AUSCOAST 051048Z DEC 03. Issued 2003-12-05 14:20Z. 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 -12.747, 40.635. 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
- Horn island dgps station 10-35.5S 142-16.5E inoperativecancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mozambique Channel →
- issued
- 2003-12-05 14:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VII 158/03 050800Z DEC 03; AUSCOAST 051048Z DEC 03
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mozambique Channel
- position
- -12.747, 40.635
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CHART 61170 (5TH ED). 1. PONTA DO DIABO LIGHT 12-44.8S 040-38.1E UNLIT. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2122/03(74), STATION RESTORED.
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.
- 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
13 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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.
- Ilha tambuzi light 11-22.1S 040-39.0E unlit2016-11-01
- Cabo delgado light 10-41.4S 040-38.2E unlit2015-10-02
- Mozambique2013-10-11
- Nga chart 61180 (4TH ed)2008-05-02
- Ponta maunhane light 12-58.3S 040-35.4E unlit2003-10-24
- Ilha de goa light 15-03.2S 040-47.6E unlit2002-04-13
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
138 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 17:04Z; 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.