Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory |
Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory
Geophysical measurements and research since 1914
SGO, located 120 km north of the Arctic Circle in Finland, is an independent department of the University of Oulu.
| Address: | ||
| Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory | ||
| Tähteläntie 62 | Phone: | Staff list |
| FIN-99600 Sodankylä | ||
| FINLAND | e-mail: | Contact us |
| Co-ordinates: | ||
| Geographic: | 67° 22' N, 26° 38' E, 180 m | |
| Geomagnetic*: | 64.1°, 119.2°, -23.2°, dip = 80.0° | |
| Corrected geomagnetic*: | 64.1°, 106.7°, L=5.25 | |
| * IGRF-11 model for 2010 | ||
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