BODC FIXED STATION DOCUMENT NO. 69260 Site History: Point La Rue, Seychelles ====================================== Station name : Point La Rue Latitude: 04 40.3S Country : Seychelles Longitude: 055 31.7E WOCE No. : 9042 Time Reference: GMT (hours 00-23) Contributor : UH Sea Level Center in collaboration with Director of Civil Avaition, Seychelles Instrument Type : Float/well, Handar 436-A, Encoder 436-B Site of Gauge : Observational Periods: 1993- present Reference Level: The sea level heights are referred to the zero point assigned to the tide gauge. Quality Assessment by the UH Sea Level Center: Comment: This site replaces Port Victoria. At present, the series have not been linked together. Possible reference level shift: 28 Aug 1998 -50cm CI MISSING REPLACED GAPS QUESTIONABLE YEAR (%) DATA OR BAD DATA FLUCTUATIONS ---- --- -------------------- --------------- -------------------- 1993 97 62-63 none none 1994 100 none none none 1995 99 265-266 none none 1996 100 none none none 1997 88 258-303 none none 1998 94 219-240 034,035 none