Ponta do ouro light 26-51-24S 032-53-18E unlit
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 276/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-07-08 15:43Z
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 VII 55/22 021941Z FEB 22.. Issued 2022-02-03 01:18Z. 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 -26.857, 32.888. 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
- Ponta do ouro light 26-51-24S 032-53-18E unlitcancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROPAC 276/22, 1803/22, and this msglater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2022-02-03 01:18Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VII 55/22 021941Z FEB 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -26.857, 32.888
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. SOUTH AFRICA. DNC 02. 1. PONTA DO OURO LIGHT 26-51-24S 032-53-18E UNLIT. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2238/21.
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.
- 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
11 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.
- Ponta do ouro light 26-51-24S 032-53-18E unlit2021-08-05
- No two range, front light 25-59-52S 032-34-43E unlit2020-09-06
- Baizos da boa paz light 24-57.9S 034-10.2E unlit2020-02-24
- Lacerda light 25-33.8S 032-50.6E unlit2015-11-25
- Baixo ribeiro light 25-54.6S 032-48.1E unlit2007-04-07
- Inhaca lighthouse 25-58.5S 032-59.3E unlit2004-11-09
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
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.