Nav aids

Cape Santiago light at 13-46.32N 120-39.18E is unlit in the South China Sea, Philippines.

Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 3535/24

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-09-25 16:30Z

This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.

Source and dates: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2024-11-14 07:34Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-25 17:47Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Philippine Sea. The parsed report position is 13.772, 120.653. 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 Philippine Sea →

issued: 2024-11-14 07:34Z
status: Cancelled notice
sea: Philippine Sea
position: 13.772, 120.653
nearest port: Manila · 48 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA.
PHILIPPINES.
DNC 11.
CAPE SANTIAGO LIGHT 13-46.32N 120-39.18E
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.

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Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

13 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 1 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.

Tanza light, fl (2) r 10 sec 18 miles, established in 14-22.93N 120-49.28E2025-05-30
Cape santiago light, 13-46.32N 120-39.18E, F2614, extingushed2024-11-14
Corregidor island light 14-22.80N 120-34.60E unlit2024-08-14
Palauig light 15-25.80N 119-53.80E unlit2024-02-12
Simara island light 12-47.90N 122-01.20E unlit2023-12-21
Manira NAVTEX station, j, 14-30.3N 121-03.9E, inoperative2023-12-04

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

Manira NAVTEX station, j, 14-30.3N 121-03.9E, inoperativeNav aids · 50.1 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 05:21Z; 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.