Nav aids

RACON at platform morgan 72, 28-10.70N 033-26.64E inoperative until 26 aug

Gulf of Suez · HYDROPAC 2384/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-08-27 00:01Z

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 IX 287/16 090920Z AUG 16.. Issued 2016-08-10 08:24Z. 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
Gulf of Suez. The parsed report position is 28.178, 33.444. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Suez →

issued
2016-08-10 08:24Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA IX 287/16 090920Z AUG 16.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Gulf of Suez
position
28.178, 33.444
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF SUEZ.
DNC 10.
CHART 62191.
1. RACON AT PLATFORM MORGAN 72, 28-10.70N 033-26.64E
   INOPERATIVE UNTIL 26 AUG.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 27 AUG 16.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
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Chart reference
The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
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.
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.
Inoperative / unreliable / off air
An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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

92 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 16:30Z; 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.