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The Number 1 lighted buoy at Malakal Harbor in the West Carolines, North Pacific, at 07-19.17N 134-27.17E, is missing.

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XI 328/26

What this record establishes

Listed in force

The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.

Source and dates: Japan Coast Guard JHOD NAVAREA XI · Japan Coast Guard (JHOD). Issued 2026-07-21 12:00Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:42Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 14:24Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 7.319, 134.453. 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 North Pacific Ocean →

issued: 2026-07-21 12:00Z
status: Listed in force
authority: Japan Coast Guard (JHOD)
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XI
issued by: JAPAN COAST GUARD
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 7.319, 134.453
nearest port: Yap · 254 nm
source: Japan Coast Guard JHOD NAVAREA XI · first seen 2026-08-17 13:42Z

Original warning text

NORTH PACIFIC, WEST CAROLINES.
MALAKAL HARBOR NR.1 LIGHTED BOUY,
07-19.17N 134-27.17E, MISSING.

Reading this warning

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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Conditions at the position · now

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MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation

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

7 within 180 nm since 2005 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 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.

Buoy nine, 07-32.1N 134-29.3E missing2019-03-06
Daybeacon no2019-03-06
Daybeacon no2019-03-06
Nga chart 81002 (6TH ed)2008-01-19
Odas buoy established in 07-51.7N 136-29.1E2007-01-09
Odas buoy established in 07-52N 136-29E2005-07-08

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 2026-10-01 05:07Z; 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.