Nav aids

Gran Chemin light at 10-05.27N 061-16.77W in the Caribbean Sea is unlit.

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 79/26

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-09-25 16:30Z

This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.

Source and dates: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-01-27 01:07Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-25 18:02Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 10.088, -61.279. 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: 2026-01-27 01:07Z
status: Cancelled notice
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 10.088, -61.279
nearest port: Point Lisas · 22 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

CARIBBEAN SEA.
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.
GRAN CHEMIN LIGHT 10-05.27N 061-16.77W 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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Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

82 within 180 nm since 2011 · 10 in the last 12 months · 9 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 tobago2026-09-08
Trinidad and tobago2026-07-09
Trinidad and tobago2026-06-18
Punta palanquete light 10-49.90N 064-12.60W unlit2026-05-15

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

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Trinidad and tobagoCable ops · 42.7 nm
Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 46.1 nm
Trinidad and tobagoSurveys · 58.4 nm
Faro punta mejillones light 10-42.20N 062-08.40W discontinuedNav aids · 62.8 nm
Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 68.6 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 05:01Z; 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.