The Cape Hotham Light in the Timor Sea, Australia, at 12-02.78S 131-17.37E, is unlit.
Timor Sea · HYDROPAC 2747/26
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 21:14Z. First collected 2026-09-23 15:02Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-24 12:17Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Timor Sea. The parsed report position is -12.046, 131.290. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2026-09-22 21:14Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- sea
- Timor Sea
- position
- -12.046, 131.290
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-23 15:02Z
Original warning text
TIMOR SEA. AUSTRALIA. CAPE HOTHAM LIGHT 12-02.78S 131-17.37E UNLIT.
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.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
65 within 180 nm since 2001 · 3 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.
- Cape hotham light Q3315 in position 12-02.78S 131-17.37E unlit2026-09-22
- 21 buoys, yellow, fl y 1.5 sec, established in area bound by 09-51.00S 129-58.00E, 10-36.00S 129-58.00E,…2026-05-28
- Northwest vernon island light 12-02.90S 130-59.80E unreliable2024-11-22
- Haul round island light 11-53.45S 134-12.72E unlit2023-10-24
- New year island light 10-54.42S 133-02.11E unreliable2023-08-24
- Northwest vernon island light 12-02.93S 130-59.78E unreliable2023-06-15
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
147 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 12:21Z; 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.