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Welangilala light 16-45.2S 179-06.3W unlit and RACON inoperable

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 928/05

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2005-09-22 07:58Z

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 25/05 080345Z JUN 05.. Issued 2005-06-08 06:35Z. 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
Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -17.497, 59.341. 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
2005-06-08 06:35Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XIV 25/05 080345Z JUN 05.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
sea
Indian Ocean
position
-17.497, 59.341
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. CHART 83590 (1ST ED).
   WELANGILALA LIGHT 16-45.2S 179-06.3W UNLIT AND RACON INOPERABLE.
2. CHART 83590 (1ST ED).
   LIGHTS UNLIT:
   1. WAKAYA REEFS LIGHT 17-41.0S 179-05.0E.
   2. POINT REEF LIGHT 16-50.0S 179-16.0E.
   3. NGGELE LEVU LIGHT 16-05.4S 179-08.8W.
3. CHART 83570 (2ND ED).
   LIGHTS UNLIT:
   1. CAPE WASHINGTON LIGHT 19-07.0S 177-58.0E.
   2. SW REEF LIGHT 18-30.4S 177-58.9E.
4. CANCEL HYDROPAC 846/05.

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Position (degrees and minutes)
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Unlit / extinguished
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Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC
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Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

4 within 180 nm since 2004 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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