BELFAST 2

Station Information

Station ID: 219
Latitude: 54.6
Longitude: -5.916667
Coastline code: 170
Station code: 272
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Time span of data: 1917 – 1963
Completeness (%): 99
Date of last update: 31 May 1989

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 GNSS Stations from SONEL: BFST, BELF

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1991-06-11

Belfast 2 170/272 RLR(1963) is 10.0m below BM(33435W, 37496N)

Documentation added 2001-01-02

Recent work on vertical land movements in the UK can be found from
the University of Nottingham web site:
http://ukcogr.iessg.nottingham.ac.uk/~eosi/
BELFAST 2 HIGH AND LOW WATER DATA FROM BELFAST HARBOUR BOARD
VIA DR.BILL CARTER, UNIV.OF ULSTER.
LOCAL GROUND CONDITIONS UNSTABLE

Data Authority

British Oceanographic Data Centre
National Oceanography Centre
Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street
Liverpool
L3 5DA