GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 29 |
| Station name | Minicoy, Laccadive Is. |
| Country | India |
| Time zone | 82.5E, GMT + 5.5hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 8.28333 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 73.05 |
| Ocean | Indian |
| Observation period(s) | 1891-1895, 1965-1977 |
| Responsible country | India |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Addl. Surveyor General, Geodetic and Research Branch, Survey of India, 17 E.C. Road, Dehra Dun 248 001, India |
| GLOSS contact | India |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | No |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | No |
| Data acquisition rate | Continuous recording |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | B.M. G.T.S. embedded 34.6m east of north east corner of the Kachuri (18-19 B.M.) |
| Benchmark relationships | 2.45m above chart datum |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | Yes (Monthly metric data only available) |
| MSL method | Average of Hourly Heights |
| PSMSL code | 1050 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | GPS and real time data available |
| Last updated | 1990-06-23 |
