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The backbone of the global tide gauge network is the GLOSS Core Network, a global set of 290 tide gauge stations that provide optimal sampling of the global ocean for a range of oceanographic applications. GLOSS Core Network gauges are allocated to each island or group of islands at intervals not closer than 500 km, and along continental coasts at intervals generally not less than 1000 km. Preference has been given to islands in order to maximize exposure to the open ocean.
Operation and maintenance of the GLOSS Core Network satisfies nearly the full range of research and operational requirements for the global sea-level network, and commitment to the GLOSS Core Network is a main requirement for Member States participating in the GLOSS programme. The goal for the GCN is to be 100% operational. A list of the GLOSS Core Network stations is shown below together with a map of their locations.
The GLOSS Core Network has been complemented by the definition of regional sets of gauges in several parts of the world, providing an extension and local densification of the Core Network. Although arrangements may differ in each case, one would envisage in future each regional activity having its own methods of coordination, local workshops and products, and international data centre, in addition to representation within the GLOSS Group of Experts. Regional GLOSS networks are encouraged to expand, particularly in partnership with the regional tsunami warning systems or the GOOS Regional Alliances.
Global set of the 290 GCN tide gauge stations
GLOSS Core Network station list
| GLOSS No. | Station Name | Country or Territory | Latitude | Longitude |
144 | Pago Pago, American Samoa | American Samoa | -14.283 | -170.683 |
262 | Lobito | Angola | -12.333 | 13.567 |
185 | Bahia Esperanza | Antarctica | -63.3 | -56.917 |
189 | Capitan Prat Base (Antarctica) | Antarctica | -62.29 | -59.38 |
278 | Casey | Antarctica | -66.283 | 110.533 |
277 | Davis | Antarctica | -68.45 | 77.967 |
131 | Dumont D'urville | Antarctica | -66.662 | 140.01 |
22 | Mawson | Antarctica | -67.6 | 62.867 |
25 | Mirny (Antarctica) | Antarctica | -66.55 | 93.017 |
342 | Rothera | Antarctica | -67.572 | -68.128 |
134 | Scott Base | Antarctica | -77.51 | 166.46 |
95 | Syowa | Antarctica | -69 | 39.6 |
188 | Vernadsky (Faraday), Argentine Is. | Antarctica | -65.25 | -64.267 |
192 | Mar Del Plata | Argentina | -38.05 | -57.55 |
190 | Puerto Deseado | Argentina | -47.75 | -65.917 |
191 | Puerto Madryn | Argentina | -42.767 | -65.033 |
181 | Ushuaia | Argentina | -54.817 | -68.3 |
61 | Booby Island | Australia | -10.6 | 141.917 |
58 | Brisbane (West Inner Bar) | Australia | -27.367 | 153.167 |
40 | Broome | Australia | -18 | 122.217 |
59 | Bundaberg, Burnett Heads | Australia | -24.767 | 152.38 |
52 | Carnarvon | Australia | -24.9 | 113.65 |
62 | Darwin | Australia | -12.467 | 130.85 |
54 | Esperance | Australia | -33.867 | 121.9 |
53 | Fremantle | Australia | -32.05 | 115.733 |
148 | Lord Howe Island | Australia | -31.517 | 159.067 |
130 | Macquarie Island | Australia | -54.5 | 158.933 |
51 | Port Hedland | Australia | -20.317 | 118.567 |
55 | Portland | Australia | -38.343 | 141.613 |
56 | Spring Bay | Australia | -42.55 | 147.933 |
57 | Sydney, Fort Denison | Australia | -33.85 | 151.233 |
308 | Thevenard | Australia | -32.15 | 133.64 |
60 | Townsville | Australia | -19.25 | 146.833 |
12 | Exuma | Bahamas | 23.783 | -76.1 |
211 | Settlement Point | Bahamas | 26.717 | -78.983 |
36 | Chittagong | Bangladesh | 22.333 | 91.833 |
221 | Bermuda, St. Georges Is. | Bermuda | 32.367 | -64.7 |
194 | Cananeia | Brazil | -25.017 | -47.933 |
198 | Fernando De Noronha | Brazil | -3.833 | -32.4 |
336 | Fortaleza | Brazil | -3.717 | -38.467 |
265 | Ilha Da Trindade | Brazil | -20.5 | -29.3 |
200 | Ponta Da Madeira | Brazil | -2.567 | -44.367 |
351 | Porto De Imbituba | Brazil | -28.23 | -48.65 |
352 | Porto De Macao | Brazil | -22.385 | -41.77 |
193 | Porto Do Rio Grande | Brazil | -32.1 | -52.103 |
195 | Rio De Janeiro - Ilha Fiscal | Brazil | -22.9 | -43.167 |
334 | Salvador | Brazil | -12.967 | -38.517 |
199 | St Peter & St Paul Rocks | Brazil | 0.917 | -29.35 |
26 | Diego Garcia Is. | British Indian Ocean Territory | -7.283 | 72.4 |
350 | Port Sonara | Cameroon | 4.005 | 9.125 |
333 | Alert | Canada | 82.5 | -62.317 |
222 | Halifax | Canada | 44.667 | -63.583 |
224 | Nain | Canada | 56.55 | -61.7 |
155 | Prince Rupert | Canada | 54.317 | -130.333 |
223 | St. John’s, Newfoundland | Canada | 47.567 | -52.717 |
156 | Tofino | Canada | 49.15 | -125.917 |
329 | Palmeira | Cape Verde | 16.755 | -22.983 |
174 | Antofagasta | Chile | -23.39 | -70.24 |
176 | Juan Fernandez Island | Chile | -33.37 | -78.5 |
137 | Pascua (Easter) Island | Chile | -27.15 | -109.45 |
178 | Puerto Montt | Chile | -41.29 | -72.58 |
177 | San Felix | Chile | -26.17 | -80.07 |
175 | Valparaiso | Chile | -33.033 | -71.617 |
94 | Kanmen | China | 28.083 | 121.283 |
79 | Laohutan (Dalian) | China | 38.867 | 121.683 |
283 | Lusi | China | 32.133 | 121.617 |
247 | Xiamen | China | 24.45 | 118.067 |
78 | Zhapo | China | 21.583 | 111.833 |
47 | Christmas Island | Christmas Island | -10.417 | 105.667 |
46 | Cocos Island (Keeling) | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | -12.1 | 96.9 |
170 | Buenaventura | Colombia | 3.9 | -77.1 |
207 | Cartagena | Colombia | 10.4 | -75.55 |
171 | Tumaco | Colombia | 1.833 | -78.733 |
261 | Pointe-Noire | Congo | -4.783 | 11.833 |
143 | Penrhyn | Cook Islands | -8.59 | -158.067 |
139 | Rarotonga | Cook Islands | -21.2 | -159.767 |
167 | Quepos | Costa Rica | 9.4 | -84.167 |
214 | Cabo San Antonio | Cuba | 21.9 | -84.9 |
276 | Gibara | Cuba | 21.117 | -76.133 |
215 | Siboney | Cuba | 23.1 | -82.467 |
257 | Abidjan | Cote D'ivoire | 5.25 | -4 |
2 | Djibouti | Djibouti | 11.6 | 43.15 |
169 | Baltra, Galapagos Islands | Ecuador | -0.433 | -90.283 |
172 | La Libertad | Ecuador | -2.2 | -80.917 |
349 | Alexandria | Egypt | 31.217 | 29.917 |
1 | Suez (Port Taufig) | Egypt | 29.933 | 32.567 |
182 | Acajutla | El Salvador | 13.583 | -89.833 |
305 | Stanley, Falklands/Malvinas | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | -51.75 | -57.933 |
237 | Torshavn, Faroe Islands | Faroe Islands | 62.017 | -6.767 |
122 | Suva | Fiji | -18.133 | 178.433 |
242 | Brest | France | 48.383 | -4.5 |
165 | Clipperton Is. | France | 10.283 | -109.217 |
205 | Marseille | France | 43.3 | 5.35 |
202 | Cayenne | French Guiana | 4.85 | -52.283 |
354 | Makemo | French Polynesia | -16.627 | -143.569 |
142 | Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Is. | French Polynesia | -8.933 | -140.083 |
140 | Papeete, Tahiti | French Polynesia | -17.533 | -149.567 |
355 | Rangiroa | French Polynesia | -14.946 | -147.706 |
138 | Rikitea, Gambier | French Polynesia | -23.133 | -134.95 |
356 | Tubuai | French Polynesia | -23.342 | -149.476 |
21 | Crozet Is. | French Southern Territories | -46.425 | 51.87 |
23 | Kerguelen Is. | French Southern Territories | -49.345 | 70.22 |
24 | Saint Paul Is. | French Southern Territories | -38.712 | 77.538 |
284 | Cuxhaven, Steubenhoft | Germany | 53.867 | 8.717 |
335 | Takoradi | Ghana | 4.883 | -1.75 |
248 | Gibraltar | Gibraltar | 36.148 | -5.365 |
228 | Ammassalik, Greenland | Greenland | 65.5 | -37 |
225 | Godthaab/Nuuk, Greenland | Greenland | 64.167 | -51.733 |
315 | Ittoqqortoormiit/Scoresbysund, Greenland | Greenland | 70.483 | -21.967 |
343 | Pituffik/Thule, Greenland | Greenland | 76.55 | -68.867 |
344 | Qaqortoq, Greenland | Greenland | 60.717 | -46.033 |
149 | Apra Hbr, Guam, Marianas | Guam | 13.433 | 144.65 |
255 | Conakry | Guinea | 9.517 | -13.717 |
209 | Port-Au-Prince/Les Cayes | Haiti | 18.567 | -72.35 |
77 | Quarry Bay | Hong Kong | 22.283 | 114.217 |
229 | Reykjavik | Iceland | 64.15 | -21.933 |
34 | Chennai/Madras | India | 13.1 | 80.3 |
32 | Cochin | India | 9.967 | 76.267 |
281 | Marmagao | India | 15.417 | 73.8 |
29 | Minicoy, Laccadive Is. | India | 8.283 | 73.05 |
38 | Port Blair, Andaman Is. | India | 11.683 | 92.767 |
31 | Veraval | India | 20.9 | 70.367 |
35 | Vishakhapatnam | India | 17.683 | 83.283 |
68 | Ambon | Indonesia | -3.7 | 128.2 |
49 | Benoa | Indonesia | -8.733 | 115.2 |
291 | Cilacap | Indonesia | -7.567 | 108.983 |
69 | Manado (Bitung) | Indonesia | 1.433 | 125.2 |
45 | Padang (Teluk Bayur) | Indonesia | -1 | 100.367 |
347 | Sabang | Indonesia | 5.833 | 95.333 |
292 | Surabaya | Indonesia | -7.217 | 112.733 |
346 | Waikelo | Indonesia | -9.383 | 119.217 |
337 | Chabahar | Iran, Islamic Republic Of | 25.3 | 60.6 |
330 | Castletownbere | Ireland | 51.65 | -9.903 |
239 | Malin Head | Ireland | 55.367 | -7.333 |
80 | Hadera | Israel | 32.467 | 34.883 |
340 | Trieste | Italy | 45.65 | 13.75 |
210 | Port Royal, Kingston | Jamaica | 17.933 | -76.85 |
327 | Abashiri | Japan | 44.017 | 144.283 |
82 | Aburatsu | Japan | 31.35 | 131.25 |
103 | Chichijima | Japan | 27.083 | 142.183 |
88 | Hakodate | Japan | 41.47 | 140.43 |
326 | Hamada | Japan | 34.9 | 132.067 |
85 | Kushimoto | Japan | 33.49 | 135.46 |
89 | Kushiro | Japan | 42.58 | 144.22 |
86 | Mera | Japan | 34.55 | 139.49 |
104 | Minami-Tori-Shima | Japan | 24.18 | 153.58 |
83 | Nagasaki | Japan | 32.44 | 129.52 |
81 | Naha | Japan | 26.217 | 127.667 |
87 | Ofunato | Japan | 39.017 | 141.75 |
325 | Toyama | Japan | 36.46 | 137.14 |
324 | Wakkanai | Japan | 45.417 | 141.683 |
8 | Mombasa | Kenya | -4.05 | 39.667 |
146 | Christmas Island, Line Is. | Kiribati | 1.983 | -157.483 |
145 | Kanton Island, Phoenix Is. | Kiribati | -2.49 | -171.43 |
113 | Tarawa, Gilbert Is. (Betio) | Kiribati | 1.363 | 172.93 |
307 | Won San | Korea, Democratic People's Republic Of | 39.167 | 127.45 |
84 | Pusan | Korea, Republic Of | 35.1 | 129.033 |
271 | Fort Dauphin (Taolanaro) | Madagascar | -25.017 | 47 |
15 | Nosy-Be | Madagascar | -13.4 | 48.283 |
293 | Chendering/Kuala Terengganu | Malaysia | 5.267 | 103.183 |
43 | Pengkalan TLDM Lumut | Malaysia | 4.233 | 100.617 |
27 | Gan | Maldives | -0.7 | 73.167 |
28 | Male, Hulule | Maldives | 4.167 | 73.5 |
111 | Kwajalein | Marshall Islands | 8.733 | 167.733 |
112 | Majuro | Marshall Islands | 7.1 | 171.367 |
105 | Wake Island, Marshall Is. | Marshall Islands | 19.283 | 166.617 |
338 | Fort-de-France | Martinique | 14.583 | -61.05 |
18 | Port Louis Harbour | Mauritius | -20.15 | 57.5 |
19 | Rodrigues, Port Mathurin | Mauritius | -19.683 | 63.417 |
96 | Dzaoudzi (Mayotte) | Mayotte | -12.783 | 45.25 |
267 | Acapulco, Gro. | Mexico | 16.833 | -99.917 |
161 | Cabo San Lucas | Mexico | 22.883 | -109.9 |
160 | Isla Guadalupe | Mexico | 28.883 | -118.3 |
163 | Manzanillo, Col. | Mexico | 19.05 | -104.333 |
213 | Progreso, Yuc. | Mexico | 21.3 | -89.65 |
164 | Puerto Angel | Mexico | 15.65 | -96.5 |
162 | Socorro Is. | Mexico | 18.733 | -111.017 |
212 | Veracruz, Ver. | Mexico | 19.2 | -96.133 |
116 | Chuuk, Caroline Is. | Micronesia, Federated States Of | 7.45 | 151.85 |
117 | Kapingamarangi, Caroline Is. | Micronesia, Federated States Of | 1.1 | 154.783 |
115 | Pohnpei, Caroline Is. | Micronesia, Federated States Of | 6.59 | 158.15 |
119 | Yap, Caroline Is. | Micronesia, Federated States Of | 9.517 | 138.133 |
282 | Tan Tan | Morocco | 28.5 | -11.05 |
10 | Inhambane | Mozambique | -23.917 | 35.5 |
11 | Pemba | Mozambique | -12.967 | 40.483 |
37 | Akyab (Sittwe) | Myanmar | 20.15 | 92.9 |
141 | Moulmein (Mawlamyine) | Myanmar | 16.483 | 97.617 |
314 | Walvis Bay | Namibia | -22.949 | 14.499 |
114 | Nauru, Gilbert Is. | Nauru | -0.533 | 166.9 |
123 | Noumea, New Caledonia | New Caledonia | -22.3 | 166.433 |
127 | Auckland-Waitemata Hbr. | New Zealand | -36.51 | 174.46 |
129 | Bluff | New Zealand | -46.6 | 168.35 |
128 | Chatham Island | New Zealand | -43.95 | -176.55 |
101 | Wellington | New Zealand | -41.17 | 174.47 |
259 | Lagos | Nigeria | 6.421 | 3.407 |
124 | Norfolk Island | Norfolk Island | -29.067 | 167.95 |
118 | Saipan | Northern Mariana Islands | 15.233 | 145.733 |
322 | Andenes | Norway | 69.19 | 16.09 |
234 | Rorvik | Norway | 64.867 | 11.25 |
321 | Tregde | Norway | 58 | 7.567 |
323 | Vardo | Norway | 70.333 | 31.1 |
4 | Salalah | Oman | 17 | 54 |
295 | Gwadar | Pakistan | 25.117 | 62.333 |
30 | Karachi, Manoro Island | Pakistan | 24.8 | 66.967 |
120 | Malakal | Palau | 7.333 | 134.467 |
168 | Balboa | Panama | 8.967 | -79.6 |
208 | Coco Solo | Panama | 9.367 | -79.883 |
63 | Alotau | Papua New Guinea | -10.317 | 150.45 |
272 | Daru | Papua New Guinea | -9.05 | 143.2 |
331 | Lombrum (Manus) | Papua New Guinea | -2.033 | 147.367 |
65 | Rabaul | Papua New Guinea | -4.2 | 152.183 |
173 | Callao (La Punta) | Peru | -12.05 | -77.15 |
71 | Davao, Davao Gulf | Philippines | 7.083 | 125.633 |
70 | Jolo, Sulu | Philippines | 6.067 | 121 |
72 | Legaspi, Albay | Philippines | 13.15 | 123.75 |
73 | Manila, South Harbor | Philippines | 14.583 | 120.967 |
246 | Cascais | Portugal | 38.417 | -9.25 |
250 | Funchal (Madeira) | Portugal | 32.386 | -16.547 |
245 | Ponta Delgada (Azores) | Portugal | 37.442 | -25.403 |
244 | Santa Cruz Del Flores (Azores) | Portugal | 39.273 | -31.075 |
206 | San Juan | Puerto Rico | 18.467 | -66.117 |
312 | Dikson | Russian Federation | 73.367 | 80.65 |
97 | Kaliningrad | Russian Federation | 54.95 | 20.217 |
274 | Murmansk | Russian Federation | 68.967 | 33.05 |
92 | Nagaevo By | Russian Federation | 59.733 | 150.7 |
93 | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky | Russian Federation | 52.983 | 158.65 |
98 | Port Tuapse, Black Sea | Russian Federation | 44.1 | 39.067 |
309 | Provideniya | Russian Federation | 64.5 | -173.183 |
99 | Russkaia Gavan | Russian Federation | 76.233 | 62.583 |
313 | Tiksi (Tiksi Bukhta) | Russian Federation | 71.667 | 128.75 |
90 | Yuzhno Kurilsk | Russian Federation | 44.017 | 145.867 |
17 | Pointe Des Galets, Reunion Is. | Reunion | -20.933 | 55.3 |
266 | Edinburgh, Tristan Da Cunha | Saint Helena, Ascension And Tristan Da Cunha | -37.05 | -12.3 |
263 | English Bay, Ascension Is. | Saint Helena, Ascension And Tristan Da Cunha | -7.917 | -14.417 |
264 | Jamestown, St Helena | Saint Helena, Ascension And Tristan Da Cunha | -15.967 | -5.7 |
260 | Sao Tome | Sao Tome And Principe | 0.348 | 6.737 |
253 | Dakar | Senegal | 14.66 | -17.44 |
339 | Pointe La Rue | Seychelles | -4.672 | 55.527 |
44 | Keppel Harbour | Singapore | 1.467 | 103.833 |
66 | Honiara | Solomon Islands | -9.433 | 159.95 |
6 | Hafun (Dante) | Somalia | 10.45 | 51.25 |
7 | Mogadishu | Somalia | 2.017 | 45.333 |
13 | Durban | South Africa | -29.883 | 31.033 |
20 | Marion Is. | South Africa | -46.867 | 37.867 |
76 | Port Elizabeth | South Africa | -33.57 | 25.37 |
268 | Simonstown | South Africa | -34.183 | 18.433 |
187 | King Edward Point, South Georgia | South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands | -54.25 | -36.75 |
249 | Ceuta (Spanish N. Africa) | Spain | 35.54 | -5.19 |
243 | La Coruna | Spain | 43.213 | -8.232 |
251 | Las Palmas, Canary Is. | Spain | 28.133 | -15.417 |
33 | Colombo | Sri Lanka | 6.933 | 79.85 |
231 | Barentsburg (Sptizbergen) | Svalbard And Jan Mayen | 78.067 | 14.25 |
345 | Ny Alesund | Svalbard And Jan Mayen | 78.933 | 11.95 |
233 | Goteborg-Torshamnen | Sweden | 57.41 | 11.48 |
341 | Stockholm | Sweden | 59.317 | 18.083 |
9 | Mtwara | Tanzania, United Republic Of | -10.283 | 40.183 |
297 | Zanzibar | Tanzania, United Republic Of | -6.15 | 39.183 |
39 | Ko Lak | Thailand | 11.783 | 99.817 |
42 | Ko Taphao Noi | Thailand | 7.833 | 98.433 |
125 | Nuku’alofa | Tonga | -21.167 | -175.25 |
203 | Port of Spain | Trinidad And Tobago | 10.65 | -61.517 |
121 | Funafuti, Ellice Is. | Tuvalu | -8.383 | 179.217 |
236 | Lerwick | United Kingdom | 60.15 | -1.133 |
241 | Newlyn | United Kingdom | 50.1 | -5.55 |
238 | Stornoway | United Kingdom | 58.2 | -6.383 |
302 | Adak, Aleutian Is. | United States | 51.867 | -176.633 |
220 | Atlantic City, NJ | United States | 39.35 | -74.417 |
219 | Duck, NC | United States | 36.183 | -75.75 |
289 | Fort Pulaski, GA | United States | 32.033 | -80.9 |
107 | French Frigate Shoals, | United States | 23.867 | -166.283 |
217 | Galveston (Pier 21), TX | United States | 29.317 | -94.8 |
287 | Hilo, Hawaiian Is. | United States | 19.733 | -155.067 |
108 | Honolulu, Hawaiian Is. | United States | 21.3 | -157.867 |
216 | Key West, FL | United States | 24.55 | -81.8 |
159 | La Jolla (Scripps Pier), CA | United States | 32.867 | -117.267 |
290 | Newport, RI | United States | 41.5 | -71.333 |
74 | Nome | United States | 64.5 | -165.417 |
288 | Pensacola, FL | United States | 30.4 | -87.217 |
151 | Prudhoe Bay, AK | United States | 70.4 | -148.527 |
158 | San Francisco, CA | United States | 37.8 | -122.467 |
100 | Sand Point, AK | United States | 55.333 | -160.5 |
150 | Seward, AK | United States | 60.117 | -149.433 |
154 | Sitka, AK | United States | 57.05 | -135.333 |
157 | South Beach, OR | United States | 44.38 | -124.03 |
102 | Unalaska, Aleutian Is. | United States | 53.883 | -166.533 |
332 | Virginia Keys | United States | 25.732 | -80.162 |
109 | Johnston Is., Hawaiian Is. | United States Minor Outlying Islands | 16.733 | -169.533 |
106 | Midway Island, Hawaiian Is. | United States Minor Outlying Islands | 28.217 | -177.367 |
300 | Montevideo | Uruguay | -34.9 | -56.25 |
348 | Vanuatu | Vanuatu | -17.767 | 168.3 |
328 | La Guaira | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic Of | 10.617 | -66.933 |
75 | Quinhon | Viet Nam | 13.767 | 109.217 |
353 | Leava | Wallis and Futuna | -14.296 | -178.160 |
3 | Aden | Yemen | 12.783 | 44.983 |