Port de saint francois light 16-14.95N 061-16.43W unlit
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 286/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-03-15 23:36Z
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) · AVURNAV LOCAL FORT DE FRANCE 1039/24 150001Z MAR 24.. Issued 2024-03-15 06:55Z. 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
- Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 16.249, -61.274. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel NAVAREA IV 286/24 and this msg, aid restoredlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2024-03-15 06:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AVURNAV LOCAL FORT DE FRANCE 1039/24 150001Z MAR 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- AVURNAV LOCAL FORT DE FRANCE
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 16.249, -61.274
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. GUADELOUPE. PORT DE SAINT FRANCOIS LIGHT 16-14.95N 061-16.43W 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.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
51 within 180 nm since 2000 · 2 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.
- Pointe du vieux fort light 15-56.90N 061-42.46W2026-09-18
- La desirade light 16-20.00N 061-00.33W unlit2025-11-19
- 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
- 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 · 12.9 nm
- La desirade light 16-20.00N 061-00.33W unlitNav aids · 16.3 nm
- Pointe du vieux fort light 15-56.90N 061-42.46WNav aids · 30.9 nm
- Carenage range rear light 14-36.32N 061-03.74W changed to oc (2) g 50 meters 9 milesNav aids · 99.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
147 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 21:37Z; 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.