RACON at angel platform 19-29.92S 116-35.88E inoperative
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 482/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-02-12 09:23Z
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) · AUSCOAST 66/20 110440Z FEB 20.. Issued 2020-02-11 07:27Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -19.499, 116.598. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROPAC 482/20 and this msg, aid restoredlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2020-02-11 07:27Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 66/20 110440Z FEB 20.
- issued by
- AUSCOAST
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -19.499, 116.598
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN. AUSTRALIA-NORTHWEST COAST. DNC 04. RACON AT ANGEL PLATFORM 19-29.92S 116-35.88E INOPERATIVE.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
178 within 180 nm since 1998 · 3 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.
- Port walcott C2 buoy light in position 20-25.89S 117-23.31E unreliable2026-09-28
- Eight buoys, yellow, fl w 7 sec, four meters in height, established in area within one mile of 19-45.73S…2026-02-27
- Eight buoys, yellow, fl w 7 sec, four meters in height, established in area within one mile of 19-57.09S…2025-12-22
- RACON at imperieuse reef light 17-31.32S 118-57.18E inoperative2024-05-01
- RACON at port hedland C1 light in 19-59.49S 118-26.17E inoperative2023-05-24
- Mary anne reef light 21-15.70S 115-27.80E unlit2023-05-08
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
- Special purpose vessel ve constructor / H9YT / 373335000 conducting underwater operations in an area bounded…Surveys · 14 nm
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by vessel ve constructor in area bound by 19-12.00S…Surveys · 14 nm
- Special purpose vessel fugro kwilena / MLOV8 / 503147420 conducting underwater operations in an area bounded…Surveys · 76.1 nm
- Special purpose vessel nexans aurora / LALC8 / 257682000 conducting cable laying operations from 19 52.44S…Cable ops · 101.4 nm
- Drill rig jansz FCS/995031119 in position 19-52.73S 114-36.50E 2.5 nm clearance requestedSurveys · 114.8 nm
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.