Nav aids

Mak buoy 17-01.1N 041-13.3E missing

Red Sea · HYDROPAC 891/99

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 1999-10-01 09:30Z

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 IX 272/99 060812Z SEP 99. Issued 1999-09-06 10:20Z. 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: Red Sea. The parsed report position is 17.018, 41.222. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Red Sea →

issued: 1999-09-06 10:20Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA IX 272/99 060812Z SEP 99
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea: Red Sea
position: 17.018, 41.222
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CHART 62290 (3RD ED).
MAK BUOY 17-01.1N 041-13.3E MISSING.

Reading this warning

Chart reference: The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
Off station / missing buoy: A buoy that is not in its charted position — dragged, damaged, missing or removed.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

6 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.

Dgps station jizan 16-53N 042-32E off air until further notice2020-10-14
Southern Red Sea2012-02-25
Jabal at tair light 15-32.5N 041-49.9E unlit2003-04-15
Gizan north buoy 16-56.6N 041-17.6E unlit2000-11-13
Gizan middle beacon 17-16.8N 041-33.4E unreliable2000-08-17

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

Derelict M/V isa star aground in 18-26.00N 041-06.00EDerelicts · 85.2 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

138 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-29 04:11Z; 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.