Blenhein shoal light 03-00.9N 100-51.8E unlit and RACON off air
Malacca Strait · HYDROPAC 496/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-05-04 09:25Z
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 XI 173/01 020430Z APR 01; GUAMSARCOORD 020701Z APR 01. Issued 2001-04-02 07:20Z. 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
- Malacca Strait. The parsed report position is 3.015, 100.863. 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
- Distess signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 12-25.6N 142-35.4E at 010512Z aprcancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Malacca Strait →
- issued
- 2001-04-02 07:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 173/01 020430Z APR 01; GUAMSARCOORD 020701Z APR 01
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Malacca Strait
- position
- 3.015, 100.863
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CHART 71285 (3RD ED). 1. BLENHEIN SHOAL LIGHT 03-00.9N 100-51.8E UNLIT AND RACON OFF AIR. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 491/01(81), SIGNAL CEASED.
Reading this warning
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- Shoal / reported depth
- Water shallower than the chart shows — a newly found shoal, a reported depth, or less water than charted.
- 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.
- 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.
- Inoperative / unreliable / off air
- An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · wrecks & obstructions
12 within 180 nm since 1996 · 0 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.
- Vessel sank in 02-56.74N 100-52.64E2023-07-31
- Dangerous wreck in 02-43.0N 101-16.6E2015-04-09
- F/V ching shang mei sank in 03-43.00N 099-59.99E2013-09-13
- Dangerous wreck in 01-57.7N 102-10.7E2006-03-28
- Dangerous wreck vicinity 02-56.5N 100-50.5E2004-10-08
- Dangerous wreck vicinity 01-58.2N 102-14.1E2001-06-26
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
38 wrecks & obstructions listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 07:15Z; source collection times vary.
Wrecks
Dangerous wrecks, shoals and submerged obstructions. All current wrecks & obstructions →
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.