Nav aids

Durain strait south buoy 01-03N 103-39E unlit

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 228/01

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2001-02-19 08:40Z

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 XI 80/01 130808Z FEB 01. Issued 2001-02-13 11:50Z. 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 China Sea. The parsed report position is 1.050, 103.650. 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
2001-02-13 11:50Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 80/01 130808Z FEB 01
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
South China Sea
position
1.050, 103.650
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CHART 71257 (2ND ED).
DURAIN STRAIT SOUTH BUOY 01-03N 103-39E 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

66 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 in the last 12 months · 2 listed in force now

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26

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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 05:34Z; source collection times vary.

Nav aids

Lights extinguished, buoys off station, RACON/NAVTEX outages. All current aids-to-navigation notices →

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