Nav aids

Europa island light 22-19.1S 040-20.4E unlit

Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 453/04

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2004-05-04 08:50Z

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) · LA REUNION 23/04 100039Z MAR 04. Issued 2004-03-10 07:50Z. 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
Mozambique Channel. The parsed report position is -22.318, 40.340. 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
2004-03-10 07:50Z
status
Archived notice
authority
LA REUNION 23/04 100039Z MAR 04
issued by
LA REUNION
sea
Mozambique Channel
position
-22.318, 40.340
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CHART 61020 (2ND ED).
1. EUROPA ISLAND LIGHT 22-19.1S 040-20.4E UNLIT.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 257/04.

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

10 within 180 nm since 2004 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

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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 08:11Z; source collection times vary.

Nav aids

Lights extinguished, buoys off station, RACON/NAVTEX outages. All current aids-to-navigation notices →

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