NW-M-1497-26
Big Island light buoy HR4 reported missing off Southwestern Shore
ActiveReceived 17 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Warning text
Positions open on the mapNW-M-1497-26
Date
2026-10-17 17:14 UTC
Status
Published
Title
Aids to Navigation
Areas
Southwestern Shore
Categories
Buoys
Aids
Big Island light buoy HR4 LL 505.2
Description
Missing
Position
44° 28.796'N 063° 35.223'W
Charts
4385(NAD83)
Location map
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ActiveBig Island light buoy HR4 (LL 505.2) is reported missing near 44° 28.796'N 063° 35.223'W. Reported 2026-10-17 17:14 UTC. Mariners should be aware that the aid to navigation is not present and navigate with caution in the area.
Navigate with caution in the vicinity and account for the missing aid when plotting courses.
- Type
- Aids to navigation · severity low
- Feed
- Aids to navigationAll warnings of this kind on the map, or as an API feed.
- Location
- Southwestern Shore
- Validity
- From 17 Oct 2026, 17:14 UTC
Date 2026-10-17 17:14 UTC - Hazards
- buoy missing, aid to navigation absent
- Charts
- 4385(NAD83)
Coast stations for this area
- RCCJRCC HalifaxCanada10 NM from the area
- RCCJRCC QuebecCanada348 NM from the area
- RCCRCC BostonUnited States350 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Ketch HarborJRCC HalifaxCanadaMMSI 003160016VHF 40range 40 NM2 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station HalifaxJRCC HalifaxCanadaMMSI 003160016VHF 40range 40 NM12 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Shannon HillJRCC HalifaxCanadaMMSI 003160016VHF 40range 40 NM12 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station KingsburgJRCC HalifaxCanadaMMSI 003160016VHF 40range 40 NM32 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Cape BlomidonJRCC HalifaxCanadaMMSI 003160015VHF 40range 40 NM57 NM from the area
Aids to navigation affected
- MissingBig Island light buoy HR4 LL 505.2 · LL 505.2 · HR4 · 44° 28.796'N 063° 35.223'W
No aids-to-navigation list in the database yet; aids are shown as the warning names them.
Worked out automatically from the warning text on 17 Oct 2026, 17:37 UTC. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.