Punta maternillo light 21-39.70N 077-08.40W unreliable
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 941/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-08-24 01:29Z
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) · CUBA 7/23 211653Z AUG 23.. Issued 2023-08-21 17:03Z. 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 21.662, -77.140. 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 941/23 and this msg, aid restoredlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2023-08-21 17:03Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- CUBA 7/23 211653Z AUG 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- CUBA
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 21.662, -77.140
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
OLD BAHAMA CHANNEL. WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. CUBA. PUNTA MATERNILLO LIGHT 21-39.70N 077-08.40W UNRELIABLE.
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.
- Inoperative / unreliable / off air
- An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
28 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 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.
- Punta barlovento light 20-43.20N 075-19.15W range changed to 14 miles2026-01-20
- Cayo confites light 22-11.30N 077-39.70W unlit2024-09-02
- Cayo fragoso light 22-48.40N 079-34.70W unreliable2024-07-30
- Cayo paredon grande light 22-29.00N 078-09.90W unlit2024-06-07
- Cayo moa light, fl w 10 sec 14 meters 10 miles, established in 20-41.60N 074-54.40W2024-01-10
- Cayo fragoso light 22-48.40N 079-34.70W unreliable2023-09-13
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 barlovento light 20-43.20N 075-19.15W range changed to 14 milesNav aids · 116.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:12Z; 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.