Frederick reef light 20-56S 154-24E unlit and RACON temporarily discontinued
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 239/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-02-15 10:05Z
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 X 9/01 POR EGC #47798 141146Z FEB; NAVAREA X 8/01 POR EGC #47797 141140Z FEB 01. Issued 2001-02-14 14:40Z. 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
- Coral Sea. The parsed report position is -20.933, 154.400. 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
- Man overboard from F/V vicinity 14-35N 116-00E at 141205Z feblater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2001-02-14 14:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA X 9/01 POR EGC #47798 141146Z FEB; NAVAREA X 8/01 POR EGC #47797 141140Z FEB 01
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA X · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -20.933, 154.400
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CHART 74042 (1ST ED). FREDERICK REEF LIGHT 20-56S 154-24E UNLIT AND RACON TEMPORARILY DISCONTINUED.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
27 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Saumarez reef light 21-39.56S 153-46.00E unreliable2023-03-24
- Saumarez reef light 21-39.59S 153-46.01E unreliable2023-02-09
- Saumarez reef light 21-39.59S 153-46.01E unreliable2023-02-01
- Saumarez reef light 21-39.56S 153-46.00E unlit and RACON inoperative2023-02-01
- Swain reefs light 22-19-58S 152-43-45E unlit2022-03-04
- Saumarez reef light 21-39-34S 153-46-00E unlit2022-03-01
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
140 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-26 12:41Z; 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.