MENTES/IZMIR

Station Information

Station ID: 1679
Latitude: 38.433333
Longitude: 26.716667
Coastline code: 310
Station code: 42
Country: TURKEY
Time span of data: 1985 – 2009
Completeness (%): 89
Date of last update: 09 Jul 2013

Green Arrow: Current Station
Yellow Marker: Neighbouring RLR Station
Red Marker: Neighbouring Metric Station

Please note: In many cases, the station position in our database is accurate to only one minute. Thus, the tide gauge may not appear to be on the coast.

Additional Data Sources (guide to additional data sources)

Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: ment

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1999-09-03

Acoustic gauge (Aquatrak 4100 series sensor) installed in April 1999

Documentation added 2000-06-05

New analogue chart, float gauges were installed in 1985 in 4 Turkish
stations: Antalya II, Bodrum II, Metes/Izmir and Erdek. All were
replaced by new acoustic systems in 1998-99.

Documentation added 2000-06-05

Mentes 310/042 RLR(1995) is 8.794m below BM MAR 1

Documentation added 2010-06-28

Mentes is on the Aegean Sea. This station forms part of the Turkish Sea Level
Monitoring Network. The total dataset has been revised by the authority.
Therefore a new RLR diagram was created. RLR (2006) is 8.000m below TGBM
MNTS-1. RLR factor is 5.244m.

Data Authority

General Directorate of Mapping
Tlp Fakultesi Cad
06590 Cebeci/Cankaya
Ankara