KING EDWARD POINT

WARNING: METRIC STATION
THIS IS NOT RESEARCH QUALITY DATA.
USE WITH EXTREME CAUTION.

Station Information

Station ID: 896
Latitude: -54.283292
Longitude: -36.496756
GLOSS ID: 187
Coastline code: 866
Station code: 1
Country: SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
Time span of data: 1957 – 2020
Completeness (%): 20
Date of last update: 02 Feb 2021

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: KEPA
Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: kepo1

Station Documentation

Documentation added 2014-07-15

The 'Metric' data for the period 1957-1959 was supplied by the UK National Institute of Oceanography (NIO).

Documentation added 2018-11-07

Data from 2008 onward has been supplied by the National Oceanography Centre.

Documentation added 2019-12-10

The Station Leader at KEP has informed the PSMSL that the wharf where the tide gauge is located is to be re-built. Work is scheduled to begin in January 2020 with the construction team expanding the size of the wharf over a period of approximately 5 months

Data Authority

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