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Updated: Wed 02 Jul 2003

San Martin Permanent Tide Gauge Observatory Site

History and Details of San Martin site:

Instrument:
Aanderaa Instruments (CTD-Sensor, with external pressure sensor)
Date Installed: March 1998

The sensor is connected to a ITRF-referenced GPS point.

Approximate Position of GPS marker:
X coordinate (m): 927077
Y coordinate (m): -2195046
Z coordinate (m): -5896519

Converted to geographical coordinates, using the GRS80 ellipsoid

68° 08' S
67° 06' W
Elevation (ellipsoidal value): 26 m

Point of Contact
Andres Zakrajsek
Instituto Antartico Argentino (IAA)
Cerrito 1248
1010 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Telephone (primary): +54 1 812 6313
Fax: +54 1 812 2039

Hans Werner Schenke
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
D-27568 Bremerhaven, Columbusstrasse, Germany
Telephone (primary): +49-471-4831-222
Fax : +49-471-4831-149

Based on information supplied by Tilo Schoene, AWI on 07/01/1999