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Ilha de mafamede light, red sectors 029 degrees to 049 degress and 206 degrees to 221 degrees established in…

Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 2234/05

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2006-09-20 20:04Z

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 170/05 271155Z DEC 05.. Issued 2005-12-27 21:25Z. 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 -16.355, 40.030. 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: 2005-12-27 21:25Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA VII 170/05 271155Z DEC 05.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Mozambique Channel
position: -16.355, 40.030
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CHART 61160 (3RD ED).
ILHA DE MAFAMEDE LIGHT, RED SECTORS 029 DEGREES
TO 049 DEGRESS AND 206 DEGREES TO 221 DEGREES
ESTABLISHED IN 16-21.3S 040-01.8E.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

3 within 180 nm since 2005 · 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.

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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

23 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-28 13:57Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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.