Nav aids

Ile de la Tortue west point light at 20-03-44N 072-58-02W is unlit.

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 1157/21

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: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · HAITI 5/21 280205Z DEC 21.. Issued 2021-12-28 10:21Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-29 10:32Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 20.062, -72.967. 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 Atlantic Ocean →

issued: 2021-12-28 10:21Z
status: Listed in force
authority: HAITI 5/21 280205Z DEC 21.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: HAITI
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 20.062, -72.967
nearest port: Gonaives · 40 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
HAITI.
CHART 26141.
ILE DE LA TORTUE W. POINT LIGHT
20-03-44N 072-58-02W 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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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

34 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 in the last 12 months · 3 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.

Punta barlovento light 20-43.20N 075-19.15W range changed to 14 miles2026-01-20
Cayo moa light, fl w 10 sec 14 meters 10 miles, established in 20-41.60N 074-54.40W2024-01-10
Pedernales light 18-02.30N 071-44.90W unlit2023-06-14
Port light, fl 4 sec 12.7 meters 2 miles established in 18-38.57N 074-06.65W2022-12-06
Safe water buoy 19-48.78N 070-41.57W removed2022-06-01
Puerto plata light 19-48.2N 070-41.7W unlit2022-03-04

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

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-29 10:43Z; 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.