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Updated: Wed 02 Jul 2003

Cape Roberts Permanent Tide Gauge Observatory Site

History and Details of Cape Roberts site:

Alex Pyne, School of Earth Sciences, University of Victoria, Wellington (NZ), set up the tide gauge in 1991. There are good records until 1996.

Report from NZ Antarctic Research Program 1990/91 in PDF format and about 7Kb in size.

Report on Cape Roberts Tide Gauge, MS Word format [812 Kb], Nov/Dec 2000 - John Ritchie, LINZ
Calibration Summary - XLS spreadsheet - 138 Kb
Calibration results 1 - XLS spreadsheet - 2.4 Mb
Calibration results 2 - XLS spreadsheet - 3.7 Mb
Calibration results 3 - XLS spreadsheet - 5.8 Mb

77° 02'02.5194" S
163° 11'23.779" E

Cape Roberts Tide Gauge site plan courtesy of Land Information New Zealand.

These records will be forwarded to the Southern Ocean Sea Level Centre when available.

Cape Roberts Tide Gauge Mast - courtesy Larry Hothem, USGS
Cape Roberts Tide Gauge Mast Close up - courtesy Larry Hothem, USGS