Port hedland light 20-04.54S 118-25.63E unlit
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 2754/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-10-04 01:21Z
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) · AUSCOAST 198/22 030605Z OCT 22.. Issued 2022-10-03 09:28Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -20.076, 118.427. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 2754/22 and this msg, aid restoredlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2022-10-03 09:28Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 198/22 030605Z OCT 22.
- issued by
- AUSCOAST
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -20.076, 118.427
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN. AUSTRALIA. DNC 04. PORT HEDLAND LIGHT 20-04.54S 118-25.63E UNLIT.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- 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
161 within 180 nm since 1998 · 2 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.
- Port walcott C2 buoy light in position 20-25.89S 117-23.31E unreliable2026-09-28
- Eight buoys, yellow, fl w 7 sec, four meters in height, established in area within one mile of 19-45.73S…2026-02-27
- RACON at imperieuse reef light 17-31.32S 118-57.18E inoperative2024-05-01
- RACON at port hedland C1 light in 19-59.49S 118-26.17E inoperative2023-05-24
- RACON at port hedland C1 light 19-59.49S 118-26.17E inoperative2023-03-10
- Great sandy island light 21-11.88S 115-38.28E unlit2022-12-13
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
- Port walcott C2 buoy light in position 20-25.89S 117-23.31E unreliableNav aids · 62.3 nm
- Special purpose vessel ve constructor / H9YT / 373335000 conducting underwater operations in an area bounded…Surveys · 110.5 nm
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by vessel ve constructor in area bound by 19-12.00S…Surveys · 110.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
138 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 17:00Z; 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.