Nav aids

Nga chart 38520 (5TH ed)

Davis Strait · NAVAREA IV 357/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-08-22 00:41Z

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) · GREENLAND 21/10 210213Z AUG 10.. Issued 2010-08-21 13:09Z. 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
Davis Strait. The parsed report position is 66.003, -53.517. 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
2010-08-21 13:09Z
status
Archived notice
authority
GREENLAND 21/10 210213Z AUG 10.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
GREENLAND
sea
Davis Strait
position
66.003, -53.517
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

DAVIS STRAIT.
GREENLAND-WEST COAST.
NGA CHART 38520 (5TH ED).
RACON AT SONDRE STOMFJORD LIGHT 66-00.2N 053-31.0W INOPERATIVE.

Reading this warning

Chart reference
The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
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.

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

2 within 180 nm since 2009 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

09
10

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

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-04 04:08Z; 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.