| General | |
| GLOSS number | 188 |
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| Station name | Faraday, Argentine Islands |
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| Country | U.K. |
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| Time zone | 000E, GMT |
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| Latitude (+ve N) | -65.25 |
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| Longitude (+ve E) | -64.26666 |
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| Ocean | Southern |
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| Observation period(s) | Float gauge 1958-; Pressure gauge 1992- |
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| Responsible country | U.K. |
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Authority responsible
for tide gauge | British Antarctic Survey, Ice and Climate Division, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, U.K. |
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| GLOSS contact | UK |
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| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
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| Operational | Yes |
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| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
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| Pressure | Yes |
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| Bubbler | No |
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| Acoustic | No |
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| Radar | No |
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| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
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| Additional parameters | Sea temperature, barometric pressure |
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| Data acquisition rate | Continuous recording, digitized at hourly intervals from chart recorder. 15 minutes from DQ, filtered to TGBM description Trig point 204 |
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| High frequency data at BODC |   |
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| High frequency data at UHSLC |  |
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| Real-time data available | Yes |
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| Additional parameters (real-time) | Sea temperature, barometric pressure |
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| Benchmarks | |
| Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 8.075m below Trig point 204 |
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| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
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| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
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| MSL method | Doodson X0 filter |
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| PSMSL code | A/003 |
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| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 700 |
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| Additional information | |
| Nearest Met. station | Faraday Base, BAS (89063) |
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| Last updated | 2002-12-11 |
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