CHI MA WAN, LANTAU ISLAND

Station Information

Station ID: 987
Latitude: 22.233333
Longitude: 114
Coastline code: 611
Station code: 8
Country: HONG KONG
Time span of data: 1961 – 1997
Completeness (%): 63
Date of last update: 13 May 1998

Green Arrow: Current Station
Yellow Marker: Neighbouring RLR Station
Red Marker: Neighbouring Metric Station

Please note: In many cases, the station position in our database is accurate to only one minute. Thus, the tide gauge may not appear to be on the coast.

Additional Data Sources (guide to additional data sources)

Nearby GNSS Stations from SONEL: HKMW

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1991-06-11

Chi Ma Wan 611/008 RLR(1963) is 27.5m below BM at 4A

Documentation added 1993-07-12

Chi Ma Wan 611/008 RLR(1963) is 27.5m below BM at 4A

Documentation added 2002-01-09

For an analysis of sea level changes in Hong Kong, see
"Sea level changes in Hong Kong from tide gauge measurements"
by X.Ding et al., Journal of Geodesy, 74, 683-689, 2001 and
"Long-term sea-level changes in Hong Kong from tide-gauge
records" by X.Ding et al., Journal of Coastal Research,
17, 749-754, 2001.
BEFORE 1986 DATA SUPPLIED BY AUTHORITY NO. 40

Documentation added 2012-10-09

This is now an historic station.Last data 1997.

Data Authority

Hong Kong Observatory
134A Nathan Road
Kowloon

Documentation added 2000-06-08

The Hong Kong Observatory was formerly known as the Royal Observatory.