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Varzin passage tide gauge 10-31.00S 141-57.00E inoperative

Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 3451/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-04-01 20:55Z

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 240/22 040111Z DEC 22.. Issued 2022-12-04 01:21Z. 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
Coral Sea. The parsed report position is -10.517, 141.950. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2022-12-04 01:21Z
status
Archived notice
authority
AUSCOAST 240/22 040111Z DEC 22.
issued by
AUSCOAST
sea
Coral Sea
position
-10.517, 141.950
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARAFURA SEA.
AUSTRALIA.
DNC 05.
VARZIN PASSAGE TIDE GAUGE 10-31.00S 141-57.00E
INOPERATIVE.

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DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
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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.
Inoperative / unreliable / off air
An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

67 within 180 nm since 1999 · 4 in the last 12 months · 1 listed in force now

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Worldwide in the collected sources

21 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 00:37Z; source collection times vary.

Other

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