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Blenhein shoal light 03-01.1N 100-51.9E changed to: fl w 3 sec 11 miles

Malacca Strait · HYDROPAC 903/99

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 1999-12-31 10:10Z

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 536/99 070800Z SEP 99. Issued 1999-09-08 14:41Z. 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 3.018, 100.865. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 1999-09-08 14:41Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA XI 536/99 070800Z SEP 99
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea: Malacca Strait
position: 3.018, 100.865
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CHART 71295 (2ND ED).
BLENHEIN SHOAL LIGHT 03-01.1N 100-51.9E
CHANGED TO: FL W 3 SEC 11 MILES.

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.
Light characteristic: The coded description of a light — FL W 10 SEC 8 METERS 8 MILES — giving its rhythm, colour, period, height and range.

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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 2026-10-03 03:49Z; 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.