Bickerton island light 13-47.31S 136-16.92E unlit
Arafura Sea · HYDROPAC 802/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-03-11 06:32Z
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 50/23 092005Z MAR 23.. Issued 2023-03-10 00:55Z. 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
- Arafura Sea. The parsed report position is -13.789, 136.282. 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
- Bickerton island light 13-47.31S 136-16.92E unreliablecancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROPAC 802/23 and this msg, aid restoredlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2023-03-10 00:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 50/23 092005Z MAR 23.
- issued by
- AUSCOAST
- sea
- Arafura Sea
- position
- -13.789, 136.282
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF CARPENTARIA. AUSTRALIA. DNC 05. 1. BICKERTON ISLAND LIGHT 13-47.31S 136-16.92E UNLIT. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 723/23.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
27 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- Stevens island light 11-32.70S 136-07.29E unlit2024-05-08
- North east islet light 13-38.04S 136-57.04E unlit2024-05-07
- Haul round island light 11-53.45S 134-12.72E unlit2023-10-24
- Truant island light 11-40.20S 136-49.99E unlit2023-10-06
- Cape wessel light 11-00.28S 136-45.57E unlit2023-07-12
- Truant island light 11-40.22S 136-49.98E unlit2023-03-24
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
140 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-28 18:33Z; 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.