Tatuoca: GFZ

The Geomagnetic Observatory Tatuoca was opened in August 1957 by Observatório Nacional (www.on.br). It is operated in collaboration with GFZ since 2015. In 2019, the observatory was admitted to the INTERMAGNET program.

More information on the observatory is available from [https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-6-367-2017|Morschhauser et al., 2017].

Location: Tatuoca Belém, Pará, Brazil

Geographic Coordinates:
Latitude: 1.21 S Longitude: 311.49 E Altitude: 10m

Geomagnetic Coordinates (quasi-dipole):
Latitude: 1.57 S Longitude: 24.05 E

The geomagnetic coordinates refer to IGRF-13 for 2020.

Cooperation partner

Observatório Nacional - MCT

Rua Gal. José Cristino, 77

Rio de Janeiro

Brazil