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Breaksea island light 35-03.9S 118-03.4E unreliable

Great Australian Bight · HYDROPAC 2359/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-08-20 00:07Z

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 263/20 100900Z AUG 20.. Issued 2020-08-10 09:12Z. 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
Great Australian Bight. The parsed report position is -35.065, 118.057. 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
2020-08-10 09:12Z
status
Archived notice
authority
AUSCOAST 263/20 100900Z AUG 20.
issued by
AUSCOAST
sea
Great Australian Bight
position
-35.065, 118.057
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT.
AUSTRALIA-SOUTHWEST COAST.
DNC 04.
1. BREAKSEA ISLAND LIGHT 35-03.9S 118-03.4E
   UNRELIABLE.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2342/20.

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Position (degrees and minutes)
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Inoperative / unreliable / off air
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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.

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Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

97 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 23:04Z; source collection times vary.

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