=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 27-Aug-1997 The site of the tide gauge is subject to subsidence. During the period 1929-95 the datum of observations has sunk 0.510m. =========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 10-Mar-1999 For a discussion on sea level trends along Black Sea coasts see Variations of the Black Sea Level by S.G.Boguslavsky et al., Physical Oceanography, 9(3), 199-208, 1998. =========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 10-Mar-1999 Bulgarian sea levels likely to be heavily influenced by river flow. =========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 10-Mar-1999 New gauge established at Varna in 1985. =========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 10-Mar-1999 See also comments under Bourgas (code 295/021). =========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 25-Jan-2000 Varna 295/051 RLR(1939) is 40.4m below BM no. 11