Ponta matirre light 17-16.5S 038-11.0E unlit
Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 279/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-02-03 20:21Z
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) · NAVAREA VII 54/22 021941Z FEB 22.. Issued 2022-02-03 01:23Z. 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
- Mozambique Channel. The parsed report position is -17.275, 38.183. 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 matirre light 17-16.5S 038-11.0E unlitlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mozambique Channel →
- issued
- 2022-02-03 01:23Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VII 54/22 021941Z FEB 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mozambique Channel
- position
- -17.275, 38.183
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL. MOZAMBIQUE. DNC 02. PONTA MATIRRE LIGHT 17-16.5S 038-11.0E 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
29 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 matirre light 17-16.5S 038-11.0E removed2022-04-21
- Ponta matirre light 17-16.5S 038-11.0E unlit2022-02-03
- Ponta matirre light 17-16.5S 038-11.0E unlit2021-08-05
- Porto do chinde, farol inharmiara light 18-31.3S 036-31.5E unlit2020-10-14
- Lights unlit: a. porto do chinde, farol inharmiara 18-31-20S 036-31-27E2020-05-18
- Ilha de mafamede light 16-21.2S 040-01.8E unlit2019-07-30
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 2026-10-01 10:17Z; 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.