Nav aids

The La Desirade light in Guadeloupe, Caribbean Sea, at 16-20.00N 061-00.33W is unlit.

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 1282/25

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-09-25 16:30Z

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 in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2025-11-19 12:07Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-23 14:47Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 16.333, -61.005. 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: 2025-11-19 12:07Z
status: Cancelled notice
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 16.333, -61.005
nearest port: Pointe-a-Pitre · 31 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

CARIBBEAN SEA.
GUADELOUPE.
LA DESIRADE LIGHT 16-20.00N 061-00.33W
UNLIT.

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.
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

51 within 180 nm since 2000 · 2 in the last 12 months · 2 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.

Pointe du vieux fort light 15-56.90N 061-42.46W2026-09-18
Carenage range rear light 14-36.32N 061-03.74W changed to oc (2) g 50 meters 9 miles2025-06-25
La desirade lighthouse 16-20.00N 061-00.33W unlit2024-08-15
La caravelle light 14-46.40N 060-52.90W range reduced to 16 miles2024-05-13
Port de saint francois light 16-14.95N 061-16.43W unlit2024-03-15
Iles de petite terre light 16-10.20N 061-06.50W unlit2023-12-09

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

Ilet du gosier light 16-11.90N 061-29.44W at reduced intensityOther · 29.1 nm
Pointe du vieux fort light 15-56.90N 061-42.46WNav aids · 46.6 nm
Carenage range rear light 14-36.32N 061-03.74W changed to oc (2) g 50 meters 9 milesNav aids · 103.8 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-28 15:41Z; 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.