Nav aids

Punta maldonado light 16-19.2N 098-34.3W unlit

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 445/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-12-18 12:52Z

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) · MEXICO XII 29/20 022316Z OCT 20.. Issued 2020-10-02 23:20Z. 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: North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 16.320, -98.572. 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: 2020-10-02 23:20Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MEXICO XII 29/20 022316Z OCT 20.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XII
issued by: MEXICO XII
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 16.320, -98.572
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
MEXICO.
CHART 21023.
PUNTA MALDONADO LIGHT 16-19.2N 098-34.3W UNLIT.

Reading this warning

Chart reference: The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
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.

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

17 within 180 nm since 2006 · 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.

Morro ayutla light 15-52.5N 095-46.9W unlit2021-10-30
Cerro hermoso light 15-57.1N 097-32.0W unlit2018-03-10
Punta galera light 15-56.8N 097-42.0W unlit2017-06-16
Puerto escondido light 15-51.0N 097-04.7W range temporarily reduced to four miles2017-02-20
Puerto escondido light 15-51.0N 097-04.7W unlit2017-02-09
Punta galera light 15-56.8N 097-42.0W unlit2016-12-06

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 19:45Z; 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.