Nav aids

In the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela, the Punta Palanquete light at 10-49.90N 064-12.60W is unlit.

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 451/26

What this record establishes

Listed in force

The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.

Source and dates: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-05-15 07:12Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 04:47Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 10.832, -64.210. 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 Caribbean Sea →

issued: 2026-05-15 07:12Z
status: Listed in force
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 10.832, -64.210
nearest port: Cumana · 22 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

CARIBBEAN SEA.
VENEZUELA.
PUNTA PALANQUETE LIGHT 10-49.90N 064-12.60W
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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Conditions at the position · now

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MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation

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

69 within 180 nm since 1999 · 7 in the last 12 months · 12 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.

Trinidad and tobago2026-09-21
Cabo negro light in 11-10.46N 063-53.05W2026-09-11
Trinidad and tobago2026-06-18
Trinidad and tobago2026-02-20
Trinidad and tobago2026-01-27
Robledal light 11-02.59N 064-22.63W unlit2025-10-31

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 charagato light 10-50.48N 064-09.38W unlitNav aids · 3.2 nm
Punta tigre light 11-04.92N 064-13.00W temporarily removedNav aids · 15 nm
Robledal light 11-02.59N 064-22.63W unlitNav aids · 16.1 nm
Dangerous wreck in 10-13.39N 064-42.22WWrecks · 46.7 nm
Hazardous operations in progress until further notice in areas bound by: a. 10-59.88N 064-17.05W, 11-11.68N…Exercises · 57.1 nm
Punta oriental light 10-54.00N 065-12.30W unlitNav aids · 58.8 nm
Isla testigo grande light 11-22.90N 063-07.20W unlitNav aids · 72.2 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 04:58Z; 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.