Nav aids

Chupara Point Light in Trinidad and Tobago, at 10-48.72N 061-21.86W, is unlit, canceling warning 1008/25.

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 161/26

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-09-21 23:16Z

A later message explicitly cancels this notice. Cancellation ends the notice; the later message must be checked for any statement about recovery or continuing danger.

Source and dates
NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-02-20 21:31Z. 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
Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 10.812, -61.364. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2026-02-20 21:31Z
status
Cancelled notice
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
sea
Caribbean Sea
position
10.812, -61.364
nearest port
Point Lisas · 26 nm
source
NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

CARIBBEAN SEA.
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.
1. CHUPARA POINT LIGHT, 10-48.72N 061-21.86W.
   UNLIT.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 1008/25(24).

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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
NAVAREA
One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.

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

84 within 180 nm since 2011 · 11 in the last 12 months · 11 listed in force now

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25
26

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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 05:19Z; 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.