GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 239 |
| Station name | Malin Head |
| Country | Ireland |
| Time zone | 000E, GMT |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 55.36666 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -7.33333 |
| Ocean | Atlantic |
| Observation period(s) | 1958-unknown. Bubbler 2003- |
| Responsible country | Ireland |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Office of Public Works |
| GLOSS contact | Ireland |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map |  |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Data acquisition rate | 24 hour on graph paper; readings for every third hour used. |
| High frequency data at BODC |   |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | Ordnance Survey Benchmark Brass bolt inside hut. 2 rawplug bolts in wall outside. |
| Benchmark relationships | TGBM is 19.8360m below F.B.M. |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | Aux 1: E.F. (GB2) bolt on cropping rock opposite W face of house. Aux 2: A (GB3) bolt in third step of 'steps'. Aux 3: B (GB4) bolt on cropping rock 1.8m from NE angle of house. |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| PSMSL code | 916 |
| Additional information | |
| Nearest Met. station | Malin Head |
| Last updated | 1993-12-05 |
