Punta torrecilla light 18-27.90N 069-52.60W unlit
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 41/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-01-19 20:28Z
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) · DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1/23 111501Z JAN 23.. Issued 2023-01-11 16:12Z. 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 18.465, -69.877. 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 41/23 and this msg, aid restoredlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2023-01-11 16:12Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1/23 111501Z JAN 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 18.465, -69.877
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CARIBBEAN SEA. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. CHART 25800. PUNTA TORRECILLA LIGHT 18-27.90N 069-52.60W UNLIT.
Reading this warning
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- 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
203 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 5 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.
- Due to hurricane erin, lateral buoys removed: a. buoy 1 19-10.61N 069-16.51W2025-08-16
- Punta torrecilla light 18-27.86N 069-52.58W unlit2024-11-06
- Cabo engano lighthouse 18-36.80N 068-19.50W unlit2023-11-28
- Punta torrecilla light 18-27.85N 069-52.58W unlit2023-10-09
- Pedernales light 18-02.30N 071-44.90W unlit2023-06-14
- La romana light 18-24.90N 068-57.50W unlit2023-01-21
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
- Punta torrecilla light 18-27.86N 069-52.58W unlitNav aids · 0 nm
- Due to hurricane erin, lateral buoys removed: a. buoy 1 19-10.61N 069-16.51WNav aids · 56.7 nm
- Punta laguna light 18-08.3N 068-45.3W unlitNav aids · 66.9 nm
- Cabo engano lighthouse 18-36.80N 068-19.50W unlitNav aids · 88.8 nm
- Puerto plata light 19-48.2N 070-41.7W unlitNav aids · 92.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
138 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 10:33Z; 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.