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Two unlit bouys temporarily established until 04 mar in areas bound by a. 24-42.30N 066-47.00E, 24-43.70N…

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 435/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-03-05 00:01Z

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 IX 74/22 200327Z FEB 22.. Issued 2022-02-20 03:29Z. 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: Arabian Sea. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Arabian Sea →

issued: 2022-02-20 03:29Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA IX 74/22 200327Z FEB 22.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea: Arabian Sea
position: 24.717, 66.800
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARABIAN SEA.
PAKISTAN.
DNC 03.
1. TWO UNLIT BOUYS TEMPORARILY ESTABLISHED
   UNTIL 04 MAR IN AREAS BOUND BY
   A. 24-42.30N 066-47.00E, 24-43.70N 066-47.00E,
      24-43.70N 066-49.00E, 24-42.30N 066-49.00E.
   B. 24-50.30N 066-35.80E, 24-52.30N 066-35.80E,
      24-52.30N 066-37.80E, 24-50.30N 066-37.80E.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 05 MAR 22.

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.
Unlit / extinguished: A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.
Area bound by: Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
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.
Wide berth requested: Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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

33 within 180 nm since 2001 · 3 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.

Fairway buoy 24-43.14N 066-55.86E missing2026-08-01
Ormara lighthouse 25-11.10N 064-41.10E unlit2026-06-20
Manora breakwater light 24-46.74N 066-58.96E unlit2026-03-28
Mithapur buoy 22-24.75N 068-51.89E unlit2025-07-07
Channel buoys temporarily removed in: a. mithapur 22-24.89N 068-51.90E2025-04-04
Ormara light 25-11.32N 064-41.26E unlit2024-08-27

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

Fairway buoy 24-43.14N 066-55.86E missingNav aids · 7.1 nm
Wreck buoy 24-46.45N 066-57.09E missingWrecks · 9 nm
Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1300Z daily 26 aug, 02, 09, 16, 23 and 30 sep in area bound by 24-50.26N…Exercises · 12.7 nm
Dangerous wreck in vicinity 23-51.80N 067-20.90EWrecks · 59.4 nm
Ormara lighthouse 25-11.10N 064-41.10E unlitNav aids · 118.5 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-28 15:29Z; 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.