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Station Information
Station ID:
39
Latitude:
45.416667
Longitude:
12.333333
Coastline code:
270
Station code:
51
Country:
ITALY
Time span of data:
1872 – 1920
Completeness (%):
98
Date of last update:
11 Apr 2000
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.
For a discussion of submergence near to Venice see Emery and Aubrey (Sea Levels, Land Levels and Tide Gauges), 1991, Springer-Verlag, page 34.
Documentation added 1999-11-23
Venezia(S.Stefano) 270/051 RLR(1919) is 9.9m below BM Palace Facade
Documentation added 1999-11-23
The San Stefano gauge was moved to a new position on 26 August 1911.
Documentation added 1999-11-24
RLR values for Venice San Stefano (270/051) and Punta della Salute (270/054) should be to essentially the same datum enabling one composite record to be made.
Documentation added 2000-04-11
Data in the San Stefano record for 1872-1886 come via Dr Paolo Pirazzoli from F.C.Rossi, 1887, Il Commune Marino di Venezia. Data for 1887-1895 were obtained from Paolo Pirazzoli in March 2000. Later data came from Instituto Idrografico Della Marina, Genova. All data are MTL rather than MSL.
Data Authority
Istituto Idrografico della Marina Passo Osservatorio 4 16134 Genova