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In Persian Gulf, UAE, Zaqqum buoy at 25-06.56N 053-25.06E has unreliable light and radar beacon.

Persian Gulf · U.A.E · HYDROPAC 2558/25

issued: 2025-10-05 16:29Z
status: in force
position: 25.109, 53.418
source: nga_inforce · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

PERSIAN GULF.
U.A.E.
DNC 10.
ZAQQUM BUOY IN 25-06.56N 053-25.06E.
LIGHT AND RACON UNRELIABLE.

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Open-Meteo Marine / Open-Meteo · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation

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