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SÉCURITÉLight buoy DW21 unlit in Dunkerque approaches (Pas de Calais)
ActiveReceived 08 Oct 2026, 19:23 UTC
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Area: PAS DE CALAIS
Locality: DUNKERQUE APPROACHES
LIGHT_BUOY_LIGHT_UNLIT
Buoy DW21 of the Dunkerque intermediate channel is defective. Buoy light unlit.
51-03.40N 002-13.60E
Navigate with caution
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ActiveBuoy DW21 in the Dunkerque intermediate channel is defective and its light is unlit. Position given as 51-03.40N 002-13.60E. Mariners are advised to navigate with caution in the area.
Navigate with caution.
- Type
- Aids to navigation · severity low
- Feed
- Aids to navigationAll warnings of this kind on the map, or as an API feed.
- Location
- Pas de Calais, Dunkerque approaches
- Hazards
- buoy defective, light unlit
Coast stations for this area
- RCCMRCC Gris NezFrance27 NM from the area
- RCCMRCC OostendeBelgium29 NM from the area
- RCCMRCC DoverUnited Kingdom33 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station DunkerqueMRCC Gris NezFranceMMSI 002275100VHF 22range 22 NM5 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Gris NezMRCC Gris NezFranceMMSI 002275100VHF 23range 23 NM27 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station DoverMRCC DoverUnited KingdomMMSI 002320010VHF 33range 33 NM34 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station North ForelandMRCC DoverUnited KingdomMMSI 002320010VHF 25range 25 NM35 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Saint FrieuxMRCC Gris NezFranceMMSI 002275100VHF 38range 38 NM36 NM from the area
Aids to navigation affected
- UnlitBuoy DW21 · DW21 · 51-03.40N 002-13.60E
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 09 Oct 2026, 14:47 UTC. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.
KeywordsUNLIT