Duyfken Point Light in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia, at 12-34.15S 141-35.98E is unlit, and Hydropac warning 2725/26 is cancelled.
Arafura Sea · HYDROPAC 2736/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-09-23 14:45Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-09-22 00:19Z. First collected 2026-09-23 15:02Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-24 11:47Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Arafura Sea. The parsed report position is -12.569, 141.600. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2026-09-22 00:19Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- sea
- Arafura Sea
- position
- -12.569, 141.600
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-23 15:02Z
Original warning text
GULF OF CARPENTARIA. AUSTRALIA. 1. DUYFKEN POINT LIGHT IN 12-34.15S 141-35.98E UNLIT. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2725/26.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
342 within 180 nm since 1998 · 6 in the last 12 months · 1 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.
- Duyfken point light K3297 in position 12-34.15S 141-35.98E unlit2026-09-21
- Duyfken point light in position 12-34.15S 141-35.98E unreliable2026-09-20
- Eden reef light in 14-04.63S 143-55.01E unreliable2026-08-28
- Eden reef light K3226.6 in position 14-04.63S 143-55.01E unreliable2026-08-28
- RACON at diamond reign light 13-11.56S 143-47.55E unreliable2025-10-24
- Stainer island light in 13-58.06S 143-50.23E2025-06-16
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
163 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 11:56Z; 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.