Nav aids

Pana waipona island light 11-15.2S 152-08.1E unlit

Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 440/03

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2003-03-18 14:45Z

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 X 9/03 121410Z MAR 03; USAKA KWAJALEIN OP#W7285 121130Z MAR 03. Issued 2003-03-12 16:00Z. 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 -11.253, 152.135. 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
2003-03-12 16:00Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA X 9/03 121410Z MAR 03; USAKA KWAJALEIN OP#W7285 121130Z MAR 03
NAVAREA
NAVAREA X · named as the source of this relay
sea
Coral Sea
position
-11.253, 152.135
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CHART 74006 (2ND ED).
1. PANA WAIPONA ISLAND LIGHT 11-15.2S 152-08.1E UNLIT.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 412/03(81), OPERATIONS COMPLETED.

Reading this warning

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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC
The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.

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

14 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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03

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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

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 14:46Z; source collection times vary.

Nav aids

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