In Hudson Strait, Canada, the beacon island racon at 58-54.13N 066-20.51W is inoperative.
Hudson Strait · NAVAREA IV 1201/23
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · MCTS 236/23 172201Z OCT 23.. Issued 2023-10-17 22:26Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Hudson Strait. The parsed report position is 58.902, -66.342. 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 Hudson Strait →
- issued
- 2023-10-17 22:26Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- authority
- MCTS 236/23 172201Z OCT 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- MCTS
- sea
- Hudson Strait
- position
- 58.902, -66.342
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
HUDSON STRAIT. CANADA. BEACON ISLAND RACON AT 58-54.13N 066-20.51W INOPERATIVE.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- Inoperative / unreliable / off air
- An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
11 within 180 nm since 2000 · 2 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.
- Mcts iqaluit remote station inuvik 60-25.45N 064-50.50W mf & hf r/t services off air2026-08-22
- Mcts iqaluit remote station killenek 60-25.45N 064-50.50W hf r/t, mf broadcast and mf r/t services off air2026-07-13
- Mcts iqaluit remote station killinek 60-25.45N 064-50.50W mf services off air2024-07-22
- RACON at nipper island 59-00.40N 068-53.30W inoperative2023-07-14
- Mcts iqaluit remote station killenek 60-25N 064-50W mf, hf and r/t services off air2021-11-29
- Mcts iqaluit remote station killenek 60-25N 064-50W mf, hf and r/t services off air2020-09-25
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 15:24Z; 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.