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RACON at one fathom bank north light 03-00.9N 100-51.9E off air

Malacca Strait · HYDROPAC 3525/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-09-07 11:39Z

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 XI 837/15 261334Z OCT 15.. Issued 2015-10-26 14:35Z. 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: Malacca Strait. The parsed report position is 3.015, 100.865. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Malacca Strait →

issued: 2015-10-26 14:35Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA XI 837/15 261334Z OCT 15.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea: Malacca Strait
position: 3.015, 100.865
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

STRAIT OF MALACCA.
DNC 03.
CHART 71285.
RACON AT ONE FATHOM BANK NORTH LIGHT
03-00.9N 100-51.9E OFF AIR.

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.
RACON (radar beacon): A radar beacon on a buoy, lighthouse or structure that answers a ship's radar with a Morse-code mark on the screen.
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 · aids-to-navigation notices

22 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.

Mudah selatan light 01-25.2N 103-11.2E unlit2019-06-24
Tanjung gelang light 03-57.8N 103-26.3E unlit2018-10-28
One fathom bank south mark buoy 02-49.2N 100-56.2E missing2015-12-13
RACON at mudah selatan light 01-25.2N 103-11.2E off air2015-05-14
Nga chart 71285 (4TH ed)2010-03-24
Nga chart 71285 (4TH ed)2010-03-23

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

137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 21:48Z; 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.