Welangilala light 16-44.6S 179-06.4W unlit
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3213/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-12-05 09:11Z
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 XIV 127/18 011107Z SEP 18.. Issued 2018-09-01 11:34Z. 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
- South Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -16.743, -179.107. 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 3213/18 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2018-09-01 11:34Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XIV 127/18 011107Z SEP 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -16.743, -179.107
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH PACIFIC. FIJI. DNC 06. CHART 83590. WELANGILALA LIGHT 16-44.6S 179-06.4W 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.
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- 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
16 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 in the last 12 months · 2 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.
- Nggele levu light 16-05.42S 179-09.05W unlit2026-05-20
- Udu point light in 16-07.53S 179-57.21W unlit2026-03-02
- Nggele levu light 16-05.42S 179-09.35W unlit2022-05-18
- Nggele levu light 16-05.5S 179-09.0W unlit2018-05-14
- Welangilala light 16-44.6S 179-06.4W unlit2018-01-11
- Welangilala light 16-45.2S 179-06.3W unlit and RACON inoperative2004-12-17
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
- Nggele levu light 16-05.42S 179-09.05W unlitNav aids · 39.3 nm
- Udu point light in 16-07.53S 179-57.21W unlitNav aids · 61.3 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 06:57Z; 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.