Definition of the GLOSS Core Network (GCN) - GLOSS02

The following table contains the definition of the GLOSS Core Network (GCN) as of 2002. This definition is called GLOSS02 and contains 290 sites. For more information on each site, see the GLOSS Station Handbook.

In the table,
GNN = Gloss Station code
GLON = Longitude
GLAT = Latitude
GSNAME = Station name
GRCNAME = Responsible country name

The table is ordered primarily by GRCNAME and secondarily by GSNAME.

GNN GLON GLAT GSNAME GRCNAME
262 13 34 E 12 20 S LOBITO ANGOLA
185 56 55 W 63 18 S BAHIA ESPERANZA ARGENTINA
192 57 33 W 38  3 S MAR DEL PLATA ARGENTINA
190 65 55 W 47 44 S PUERTO DESEADO ARGENTINA
191 65  2 W 42 46 S PUERTO MADRYN ARGENTINA
181 68 13 W 54 49 S USHUAIA ARGENTINA
61 141 55 E 10 36 S BOOBY IS. AUSTRALIA
58 153 10 E 27 22 S BRISBANE AUSTRALIA
40 122 13 E 18 00 S BROOME AUSTRALIA
59 152 23 E 24 46 S BUNDABERG AUSTRALIA
52 113 39 E 24 54 S CARNARVON AUSTRALIA
278 110 32 E 66 17 S CASEY AUSTRALIA
47 105 40 E 10 25 S CHRISTMAS IS. AUSTRALIA
46 96 53 E 12  7 S COCOS IS.(KEELING) AUSTRALIA
62 130 51 E 12 28 S DARWIN AUSTRALIA
277 77 58 E 68 35 S DAVIS AUSTRALIA
54 121 54 E 33 52 S ESPERANCE AUSTRALIA
53 115 43 E 32  3 S FREMANTLE AUSTRALIA
148 159  4 E 31 31 S LORD HOWE IS. AUSTRALIA
130 158 56 E 54 30 S MACQUARIE IS. AUSTRALIA
22 62 52 E 67 36 S MAWSON AUSTRALIA
124 167 57 E 29  4 S NORFOLK IS. AUSTRALIA
51 118 34 E 20 19 S PORT HEDLAND AUSTRALIA
55 141 36 E 38 20 S PORTLAND AUSTRALIA
56 147 56 E 42 33 S SPRING BAY AUSTRALIA
57 151 14 E 33 51 S SYDNEY, FORT DENISON AUSTRALIA
308 133 39 E 32 09 S THEVENARD AUSTRALIA
60 146 50 E 19 16 S TOWNSVILLE AUSTRALIA
12 76 07 W 23 47 N EXUMA BAHAMAS
211 79 01 W 26 42 N SETTLEMENT POINT BAHAMAS
36 91 50 E 22 15 N CHITTAGONG BANGLADESH
120 134 28 E 7 20 N MALAKAL BELAU
194 47 55 W 25 01 S CANANEIA BRAZIL
198 32 25 W 3 52 S FERNANDO DE NORONHA BRAZIL
196 38 41 W 12 52 S ITAPARICA BRAZIL
200 44 22 W 2 34 S PONTA DA MADEIRA BRAZIL
197 35 12 W 5 46 S PORTO DE NATAL BRAZIL
193 52 11 W 32  6 S PORTO DE RIO GRANDE BRAZIL
201 51 10 W 0 03 S PORTO DE SANTANA BRAZIL
195 43 08 W 22 52 S RIO DE JANEIRO BRAZIL
199 29 23 W 1 00 N ST. PETER & ST. PAUL ROCKS BRAZIL
265 29 18 W 20 30 S TRINIDADE IS. BRAZIL
222 63 35 W 44 40 N HALIFAX CANADA
153 96 57 W 75 23 N LITTLE CORNWALLIS IS. CANADA
224 61 41 W 56 32 N NAIN CANADA
155 130 19 W 54 19 N PRINCE RUPERT CANADA
223 52 42 W 47 34 N ST. JOHNS, NEWFLND. CANADA
156 125 55 W 49  9 N TOFINO CANADA
329 22 59 W 16 45 N PALMEIRA CAPE VERDE IS.
174 70 25 W 23 39 S ANTOFAGASTA CHILE
189 59 38 W 62 29 S CAPTAIN PRAT (ANTARCTICA) CHILE
180 68 52 W 56 30 S DIEGO RAMIREZ CHILE
176 78 50 W 33 37 S JUAN FERNANDEZ IS. CHILE
137 109 27 W 27 09 S PASCUA IS. CHILE
178 72 58 W 41 29 S PUERTO MONTT CHILE
177 80  7 W 26 17 S SAN FELIX IS. CHILE
175 71 38 W 33  2 S VALPARISO CHILE
94 121 17 E 25 05 N KANMEN CHINA, PEOPLE'S REP.
79 121 41 E 38 52 N LAOHUTAN (DALIAN) CHINA, PEOPLE'S REP.
283 121 37 E 32 08 N LUSI CHINA, PEOPLE'S REP.
247 118 04 E 24 47 N XIAMEN CHINA, PEOPLE'S REP.
78 111 49 E 21 35 N ZHAPO CHINA, PEOPLE'S REP.
170 77  6 W 3 53 N BUENAVENTURA COLOMBIA
207 75 32 W 10 23 N CARTAGENA COLOMBIA
171 78 44 W 1 50 N TUMACO COLOMBIA
261 11 50 E 4 47 S POINTE NOIRE CONGO
143 158  4 W 9  1 S PENRHYN COOK ISLANDS
139 159 46 W 21 12 S RAROTONGA COOK ISLANDS
167 84 10 W 9 24 N QUEPOS COSTA RICA
257 4  0 W 5 15 N ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE
214 84 54 W 21 54 N CABO SAN ANTONIO CUBA
276 76  7 W 21  7 N GIBARA CUBA
215 82 28 W 23 05 N SIBONEY CUBA
228 37  0 W 65 30 N ANGMAGSSALIK, GREENLAND DENMARK
225 51 44 W 64 10 N GODTHAB/NUUK, GREENLAND DENMARK
237 6 46 W 62  0 N TORSHAVN, FAEROES DENMARK
2 43 09 E 11 36 N DJIBOUTI DJIBOUTI
169 90 17 W 0 45 S BALTRA,  GALAPAGOS IS. ECUADOR
172 80 54 W 2 12 S LA LIBERTAD ECUADOR
1 32 33 E 29 55 N SUEZ EGYPT
182 89 50 W 13 35 N ACAJUTLA EL SALVADOR
117 154 47 E 1  6 N KAPINGAMARANGI, CAROLINE IS. FED. MICRONESIA
115 158 14 E 6 59 N PONAPE, CAROLINE IS. FED. MICRONESIA
116 151 51 E 7 27 N TRUK, CAROLINE IS. FED. MICRONESIA
119 138  8 E 9 31 N YAP, CAROLINE IS. FED. MICRONESIA
122 178 26 E 18  8 S SUVA FIJI
242 4 30 W 48 23 N BREST FRANCE
165 109 13 W 10 17 N CLIPPERTON IS. FRANCE
21 51 52 E 46 25 S CROZET IS. FRANCE
131 140  1 E 66 40 S DUMONT D'URVILLE FRANCE
96 45 15 E 12 47 S DZAOUDZI (MAYOTTE) FRANCE
23 70 12 E 49 21 S KERGUELEN IS. FRANCE
204 60 56 W 14 41 N LE ROBERT,  MARTINIQUE FRANCE
205 5 21 E 43 18 N MARSEILLE FRANCE
123 166 26 E 22 18 S NOUMEA, NEW CALEDONIA FRANCE
142 139  2 W 9 49 S NUKU HIVA,  MARQUESAS IS. FRANCE
17 55 18 E 20 55 S PTE DES GALETS, REUNION IS. FRANCE
24 77 35 E 38 43 S ST. PAUL IS. FRANCE
202 52 00 W 5 00 N CAYENNE, FRENCH GUIANA FRENCH GUIANA
140 149 30 W 17 31 S PAPEETE, TAHITI FRENCH POLYNESIA
138 134 57 W 23  8 S RIKITEA,  GAMBIER IS. FRENCH POLYNESIA
284 8 43 E 53 52 N CUXHAVEN GERMANY
258 0 00 W 5 37 N TEMA GHANA
255 13 15 W 9 30 N CONAKRY GUINEA
209 72 21 W 18 34 N PORT-AU-PRINCE/LES GAYES HAITI
77 114 13 E 22 18 N QUARRY BAY HONG KONG
229 21 56 W 64  9 N REYKJAVIK ICELAND
32 76 16 E 9 58 N COCHIN INDIA
34 80 18 E 13  6 N MADRAS INDIA
281 73 48 E 15 25 N MARMAGAO INDIA
29 73  3 E 8 17 N MINICOY, LACCADIVE IS. INDIA
41 93 50 E 7 00 N NICOBAR INDIA
38 92 46 E 11 41 N PORT BLAIR, ANDAMAN IS. INDIA
31 70 22 E 20 54 N VERAVAL INDIA
35 83 17 E 17 41 N VISHAKHAPATNAM INDIA
68 128 12 E 3 42 S AMBON INDONESIA
49 115 13 E 8 46 S BENOA INDONESIA
291 108 59 E 7 34 S CILACAP INDONESIA
50 123 35 E 10 10 S KUPANG,TIMOR INDONESIA
69 124 50 E 1 32 N MANADO (BITUNG) INDONESIA
45 100 20 E 0 58 S PADANG (TELU BAYUK) INDONESIA
67 131 15 E 0 53 S SORONG INDONESIA
292 112 14 E 6 55 S SURABAYA INDONESIA
240 9 11 W 51 32 N CASTLETOWNSEND IRELAND
239 7 20 W 55 22 N MALIN HEAD IRELAND
80 34 53 E 32 26 N HADERA ISRAEL
210 76 51 W 17 56 N PORT ROYAL, KINGSTON JAMAICA
327 144 17 E 44 01 N ABASHIRA JAPAN
82 131 25 E 31 34 N ABURATSU JAPAN
103 142 11 E 27  5 N CHICHIJIMA JAPAN
88 140 44 E 41 47 N HAKODATE JAPAN
326 132 04 E 34 54 N HAMADA JAPAN
85 135 47 E 33 28 N KUSHIMOTO JAPAN
89 144 23 E 42 58 N KUSHIRO JAPAN
86 139 50 E 34 55 N MERA JAPAN
104 153 58 E 24 18 N MINAMI-TORI-SHIMA JAPAN
83 129 52 E 32 44 N NAGASAKI JAPAN
81 127 40 E 26 13 N NAHA JAPAN
87 141 45 E 39 01 N OFUNATO JAPAN
95 30 35 E 69  0 S SYOWA JAPAN
325 137 13 E 36 46 N TOYAMA JAPAN
324 141 41 E 45 24 N WAKKANAI JAPAN
8 39 40 E 4  3 S MOMBASA KENYA
145 171 43 W 2 48 S CANTON IS.  PHOENIX IS. KIRIBATI
146 157 28 W 1 59 N CHRISTMAS IS.  LINE IS. KIRIBATI
113 172 56 E 1 22 N TARAWA,  GILBERT IS. KIRIBATI
307 127 27 E 39 10 N WONSAN KOREA, P.D.R.
84 129 02 E 35 06 N PUSAN KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
271 47 00 E 25  1 S FORT DAUPHIN (TAOLANARO) MADAGASCAR
15 48 17 E 13 24 S NOSY-BE MADAGASCAR
293 103 11 E 5 16 N CENDERING/KUALA TERENGGANU MALAYSIA
43 100 11 E 4 14 N PENGKALAN/TLDM/LUMUT MALAYSIA
27 73 10 E 0 42 S GAN MALDIVES
28 73 30 E 4 10 N MALE MALDIVES
111 167 44 E 8 44 N KWAJALEIN MARSHALL IS.
112 171 22 E 7  6 N MAJURO MARSHALL IS.
18 57 28 E 20 09 S PORT LOUIS MAURITIUS
19 63 25 E 19 41 S RODRIGUES MAURITIUS
267 99 55 W 16 50 N ACAPULCO, GRO. MEXICO
161 109 54 W 22 53 N CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO
160 118 18 W 28 53 N ISLA GUADALUPE MEXICO
163 104 20 W 19  3 N MANZANILLO,COL. MEXICO
213 89 39 W 21 18 N PROGRESO, YUC. MEXICO
164 96 30 W 15 39 N PUERTO ANGEL MEXICO
162 111 01 W 18 44 N SOCORRO IS. MEXICO
212 96 08 W 19 12 N VERACRUZ, VER. MEXICO
282 11 03 W 28 30 N TAN TAN MOROCCO
10 35 30 E 23 55 S INHAMBANE MOZAMBIQUE
11 40 29 E 12 58 S PEMBA MOZAMBIQUE
37 92 54 E 20 09 N AKYAB MYANMAR
141 97 37 E 16 29 N MOULMEIN MYANMAR
314 14 30 E 22 57 S WALVIS BAY NAMIBIA
114 166 54 E 0 32 S NAURU, GILBERT IS. NAURU
127 174 46 E 36 51 S AUCKLAND-WAITEMATA HBR. NEW ZEALAND
129 168 21 E 46 36 S BLUFF NEW ZEALAND
128 176 30 W 43 50 S CHATHAM IS. NEW ZEALAND
134 166 45 E 77 51 S SCOTT BASE NEW ZEALAND
101 174 47 E 41 17 S WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND
259 3 27 E 6 25 N LAGOS NIGERIA
118 145 44 E 15 14 N SAIPAN NORTH MARIANA IS.
322 16 09 E 69 19 N ANDENES NORWAY
232 19  0 E 74 30 N BJORNOYA (BEAR ISLAND) NORWAY
275 25 59 E 70 59 N HONNINGSVAG NORWAY
230 8 00 W 71 00 N JAN MAYEN IS. NORWAY
235 5  7 E 61 56 N MALOY NORWAY
234 11 15 E 64 52 N RORVIK NORWAY
321 07 34 E 58 00 N TREGDE NORWAY
323 31 06 E 70 20 N VARDO NORWAY
4 54  0 E 17 00 N SALALAH OMAN
295 62 20 E 25 07 N GWADAR PAKISTAN
30 66 58 E 24 48 N KARACHI, MANORO IS. PAKISTAN
168 79 36 W 8 58 N BALBOA PANAMA
208 79 53 W 9 22 N COCO SOLO PANAMA
63 150 29 E 10 21 S ALOTAU PAPUA NEW GUINEA
272 143 12 E 9  4 S DARU PAPUA NEW GUINEA
65 152 11 E 4 12 S RABAUL PAPUA NEW GUINEA
64 141 19 E 2 41 S VANIMO PAPUA NEW GUINEA
173 77 12 W 12 10 S CALLAO PERU
71 125 38 E 7  5 N DAVAO PHILIPPINES
70 121  0 E 6  4 N JOLO PHILIPPINES
72 123 45 E 13  9 N LEGASPI PHILIPPINES
73 120 50 E 14 35 N MANILA PHILIPPINES
246 9 25 W 38 41 N CASCAIS PORTUGAL
244 31  7 W 39 27 N FLORES, AZORES PORTUGAL
250 16 54 W 32 38 N FUNCHAL, MADEIRA PORTUGAL
245 25 40 W 37 44 N PONTA DELGADO, AZORES PORTUGAL
206 66  5 W 18 27 N SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO/USA
231 14 15 E 78  4 N BARENTSBURG (SPITSBERGEN) RUSSIA
312 80 39 E 73 32 N DIKSON RUSSIA
97 20 29 E 54 42 N KALININGRAD RUSSIA
310 29 40 E 60 00 N KRONSTADT-SHEPELEVO RUSSIA
25 93  1 E 66 33 S MIRNY (ANTARCTICA) RUSSIA
274 33  3 E 68 58 N MURMANSK RUSSIA
92 150 42 E 59 44 N NAGAEVO BAY RUSSIA
311 77 31 E 67 45 N NAKHODKA RUSSIA
93 158 39 E 52 59 N PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY RUSSIA
98 39 04 E 44 06 N PORT TUAPSE, BLACK SEA RUSSIA
309 173 11 W 64 30 N PROVIDENYA RUSSIA
99 62 35 E 76 14 N RUSSKAYA GAVAN RUSSIA
313 128 45 E 71 40 N TIKSI RUSSIA
90 145 52 E 44  1 N YUZHNO KURILSK RUSSIA
260 6 35 E 0 25 N SAO TOME SAO TOME/PRINCIPE
253 17 27 W 14 38 N DAKAR SENEGAL
273 55 28 E 4 40 S PORT VICTORIA, HODOUL IS. SEYCHELLES
256 13 14 W 8 30 N ABERDEEN POINT SIERRA LEONE
44 103 50 E 1 28 N SINGAPORE SINGAPORE
66 159 57 E 9 26 S HONIARA SOLOMON IS.
6 51 15 E 10 27 N HAFUN (DANTE) SOMALIA
7 45 20 E 2  1 N MOGADISHU SOMALIA
13 31  0 E 29 53 S DURBAN SOUTH AFRICA
20 37 52 E 46 53 S MARION IS. SOUTH AFRICA
76 25 30 E 34 00 S PORT ELIZABETH SOUTH AFRICA
268 18 26 E 34 11 S SIMONSTOWN SOUTH AFRICA
249 5 19 W 35 54 N CEUTA (SPANISH N. AFRICA) SPAIN
243 8 24 W 43 32 N LA CORUNA SPAIN
251 15 25 W 28  8 N LAS PALMAS, CANARY IS. SPAIN
33 79 51 E 6 56 N COLOMBO SRI LANKA
233 11 48 E 57 41 N GOTEBORG SWEDEN
9 40 07 E 10 08 S MTWARA TANZANIA
297 39 11 E 6 09 S ZANZIBAR TANZANIA
39 99 49 E 11 47 N KO LAK THAILAND
42 98 26 E 7 50 N KO TAPHAO NOI THAILAND
125 175 15 W 21 10 S TONGATAPU TONGA
203 61 31 W 10 39 N PORT OF SPAIN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
121 179 13 E 8 23 S FUNAFUTI, ELLICE IS. TUVALU
263 14 25 W 7 55 S ASCENSION U.K.
221 64 42 W 32 22 N BERMUDA, ST.GEORGES IS. U.K.
26 72 30 E 7 00 S DIEGO-GARCIA IS. U.K.
266 12 18 W 37  3 S EDINBURGH(TRISTAN DA CUNHA) U.K.
188 64 16 W 65 15 S FARADAY (ANTARCTICA) U.K.
248 5 21 W 36  7 N GIBRALTAR U.K.
236 1  8 W 60  9 N LERWICK U.K.
241 5 33 W 50  6 N NEWLYN U.K.
306 45 36 W 60 42 S SIGNY, SOUTH ORKNEY ILS. U.K.
296 72 00 W 22 00 N SOUTH CAICOS U.K.
187 36 45 W 54 15 S SOUTH GEORGIA  (S.ATLANTIC) U.K.
264 5 42 W 15 58 S ST. HELENA U.K.
305 57 56 W 51 45 S STANLEY,  FALKLAND IS. U.K.
238 6 23 W 58 12 N STORNOWAY U.K.
302 176 38 W 51 52 N ADAK, ALEUTIAN IS. U.S.A.
149 144 39 E 13 26 N APRA HARBOUR,GUAM,MARIANAS U.S.A.
219 75 38 W 35 13 N DUCK, N.C. U.S.A.
289 80 54 W 32 02 N FORT PULASKI, GA. U.S.A.
107 166 17 W 23 52 N FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS, H.IS. U.S.A.
217 94 47 W 29 17 N GALVESTON U.S.A.
287 155  4 W 19 44 N HILO, HAWAII, HAW.IS. U.S.A.
108 157 52 W 21 18 N HONOLULU, HAWAIIAN IS. U.S.A.
109 169 32 W 16 44 N JOHNSTON IS. HAWAIIAN IS. U.S.A.
216 81 48 W 24 33 N KEY WEST U.S.A.
159 117 16 W 32 52 N LA JOLLA, SAN DIEGO U.S.A.
303 173 12 E 52 50 N MASSACRE BAY,ATTU IS.,ALASKA U.S.A.
218 80 07 W 25 54 N MIAMI (HAULOVER PIER) U.S.A.
106 177 22 W 28 13 N MIDWAY IS. HAWAIIAN IS. U.S.A.
290 71 20 W 41 30 N NEWPORT, RI. U.S.A.
74 165 30 W 64 30 N NOME U.S.A.
144 170 41 W 14 17 S PAGO PAGO,  AMERICAN SAMOA U.S.A.
288 87 13 W 30 24 N PENSACOLA, FLORIDA U.S.A.
151 148 30 W 70 23 N PRUDHOE BAY, ALASKA U.S.A.
158 122 28 W 37 48 N SAN FRANCISCO U.S.A.
100 160 30 W 55 20 N SAND POINT, ALASKA U.S.A.
150 149 26 W 60 07 N SEWARD, ALASKA U.S.A.
154 135 20 W 57 03 N SITKA, ALASKA U.S.A.
157 124 03 W 44 38 N SOUTH BEACH,OREGON U.S.A.
102 166 32 W 53 53 N UNALASKA, ALEUTIAN IS. U.S.A.
220 74 29 W 39 20 N VENTNOR (ATLANTIC CITY),N.J. U.S.A.
105 166 37 E 19 17 N WAKE IS. MARSHALL IS. U.S.A.
300 56 15 W 34 54 S MONTEVIDEO URUGUAY
328 66 56 W 10 37 N LA GUAIRA VENEZUELA
75 109 13 E 13 46 N QUI NHON VIET NAM
3 44 59 E 12 47 N ADEN YEMEN, P.D.R.

Go to the top of this page