• UK Magnetic Survey

Sable Island is a sandbank formed by the meeting of currents from the St. Lawrence Delta and the Gulf Stream. It is located approximatly 290km south-east of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The observatory installation, funded as a joint venture between BGS, Sperry-Sun Drilling Services and Sable Offshore Energy, was completed in May 1999 and became operational from 8th May 1999.

Statistics

Geographic Coordinates:

43.932° N

299.991° E

Geomagnetic Coordinates:

53.555° N

015.002° E

Elevation:

5m above mean sea level

Geomagnetic Coordinates were computed using the 11th Generation IGRF, Epoch 2011.5

Data

• Sable Island Observatory Monthly Bulletin Archive