Portland island light 39-18S 177-52E unreliable
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 759/99
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 1999-08-10 07:05Z
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 XIV 103/99 090220Z AUG 99. Issued 1999-08-09 07:25Z. 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
- South Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -39.300, 177.867. 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
- 25 foot skiff, two persons on board, overdue murilo atoll, hall islands to weno, truklater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 1999-08-09 07:25Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XIV 103/99 090220Z AUG 99
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -39.300, 177.867
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CHART 76160 (4TH ED). PORTLAND ISLAND LIGHT 39-18S 177-52E UNRELIABLE.
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.
- 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
34 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- East cape light 37-41.34S 178-32.89E unlit2024-01-30
- East cape light 37-41.34S 178-32.89E unlit2023-12-29
- Taupo maritime radio 38-52.16S 176-26.13E hf ssb and dsc unreliable2023-09-06
- Taupo maritime radio 38-52.2S 176-26.1E inmarsat-c unreliable2023-08-31
- Odas buoy established in 39-59.00S 174-08.00E2023-06-10
- Taupo maritime radio 38-52.20S 176-26.10E inmarsat-c unreliable2023-04-18
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
137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:03Z; 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.