Honolulu (HON)
Science Center Objects
The Geomagnetism Program established an observatory at Honolulu in 1902, when the Program was part of the Coast and Geodetic Survey and under the leadership of Drs Louis A. Bauer and John A. Fleming. The present observatory site was established in 1960. The observatory is located at Ewa Beach at the former location of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center of NOAA.
Department of Interior U.G. Geological Survey Honolulu Magnetic Observatory EST. 1902 sign.
(Credit: Jeff Fox. Public domain.)
Station Id: HON
Location: Ewa Beach, HI
Latitude: 21.3166°N
Longitude: 157.9996°W
Geomagnetic Latitude: 21.65°N*
Geomagnetic Longitude: 270.82°E*
Elevation: 4 meters
Orientation: HDZF
* IGRF values as of 2015.
Other Operations:
- The Honolulu observatory is part of the 210 Magnetic Meridian Array.
Photos:
(Credit: Jeff Fox. Public domain.)
Electronics building at Ewa Beach, HI magnetic observatory.
(Credit: Jeff Fox. Public domain.)
Honolulu Magnetic Observatory
Tucked in a grove of thorny mesquite trees, on an ancient coral reef on the south side of the Hawaiian island of Oahu, west of Pearl Harbor, a small unmanned observatory quietly records the Earth’s time-varying magnetic field. The Honolulu Magnetic Observatory is 1 of 14 that the U.S. Geological Survey Geomagnetism Program operates at various...
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