GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 189 |
| Station name | Capitan Prat Base (Antarctica) |
| Country | Chile |
| Time zone | 060W, GMT - 4hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -62.29 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -59.38 |
| Ocean | Southern |
| Observation period(s) | 1983-2001 Bubbler gauge 2000-2003 differential pressure transducer, unoperational 2004 |
| Responsible country | Chile |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Servicio Hidrografico y Oceanografico de la Armada, Departamento Oceanografia, Casilla 324, Valparaiso, Chile |
| GLOSS contact | Chile |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map |  |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | No |
| Pressure | Yes |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | Sea temperature (daily) |
| Data acquisition rate | 20 minute intervals |
| High frequency data at UHSLC |    |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | Sea temperature (daily) |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | BM No. 1: It is a 6cm bronze disk stamped CF 1, set in cement at the right of the main entrance to the 'Base Naval Antartica-Arturo Prat' building |
| Benchmark relationships | BM No. 1 (1983-2003) BM No. 3 (1983-2003) BM No. 4 (1983-2003) |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | BM No. 3: It is a 6cm bronze disk stamped CF 3, set in cement at the upper part of the visible rock located 40m NW of the 'Base Naval Antartica-Arturo Prat' building. BM No. 4: It is a 6cm bronze disk stamped CF 4, set in cement at the upper part of the visible rock located 20m NW of BM No. 3. |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| MSL method | 24 hour averages |
| PSMSL code | 1603 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 730 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Levelling once a year, no GPS recording. |
| Nearest Met. station | Base Prat |
| Last updated | 2003-10-09 |
