Nav aids

RACON at cabo marzo light 06-49.90N 077-41.20W discontinued

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 534/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-08-18 16:05Z

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) · COLOMBIA 246/23 142234Z AUG 23.. Issued 2023-08-15 04:08Z. 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 6.832, -77.687. 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: 2023-08-15 04:08Z
status: Archived notice
authority: COLOMBIA 246/23 142234Z AUG 23.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XII
issued by: COLOMBIA
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 6.832, -77.687
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
COLOMBIA.
CHART 22040.
RACON AT CABO MARZO LIGHT
06-49.90N 077-41.20W DISCONTINUED.

Reading this warning

Chart reference: The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
RACON (radar beacon): A radar beacon on a buoy, lighthouse or structure that answers a ship's radar with a Morse-code mark on the screen.
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

50 within 180 nm since 2005 · 2 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.

Isla palmas light 03-54.10N 077-21.51W unlit2026-09-07
Isla fuerte light 09-23.45N 076-10.68W unlit2026-09-07
Cabo tiburon light 08-40.60N 077-21.50W inoperative2024-05-13
Punta caiman lighthouse 08-16.07N 076-46.41W unreliable2024-02-25
Isla palmas light 03-54.10N 077-21.50W unlit2024-02-04
Punta solano light 06-17.80N 077-28.40W unlit2023-12-08

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

Fish farm established in area bound by 07-10.96N 077-54.60W, 06-56.19N 078-07.51W, 06-50.73N 078-04.75W,…Structures · 17.3 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:47Z; 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.