Nav aids

Light, fl (7) w 10 sec 22 meters 10 miles, established in 19-45.66N 071-46.76W

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 452/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-03-25 14:37Z

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 9/21 271545Z MAY 21.. Issued 2021-05-27 17:37Z. 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: North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 19.761, -71.779. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →

issued: 2021-05-27 17:37Z
status: Archived notice
authority: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 9/21 271545Z MAY 21.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 19.761, -71.779
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
CHART 26140.
LIGHT, FL (7) W 10 SEC 22 METERS 10 MILES,
ESTABLISHED IN 19-45.66N 071-46.76W.

Reading this warning

Chart reference: The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
Light characteristic: The coded description of a light — FL W 10 SEC 8 METERS 8 MILES — giving its rhythm, colour, period, height and range.
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.

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

39 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 4 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
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
Punta torrecilla light 18-27.90N 069-52.60W unlit2023-01-11

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

Puerto plata light 19-48.2N 070-41.7W unlitNav aids · 61.3 nm
Ile de la tortue w. point light 20-03-44N 072-58-02W unlitNav aids · 69.5 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 20:28Z; 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.