Geomagnetic Observation Records - Macquarie Island Observatory (MCQ)

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

This dataset contains scanned geomagnetic absolute observation records from Australian Geomagnetic Observatory: Macquarie Island (MCQ). Files names delineate the observatory, observation year, type of form and folder. e.g. MCQ2000OBS_19 (MCQ: Macquarie Island Observatory)(2000: Year)(OBS: Observation Form)(19: Folder). Files are stored as station and year based PDF and individual tiff files per page.

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Field Value
Title Geomagnetic Observation Records - Macquarie Island Observatory (MCQ)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/48704735-5726-4e37-ad60-51682670c4b4
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
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Reference Period
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        112.0,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
        154.0,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
        154.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        112.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        112.0,
        -44.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Geomagnetic Observation Records - Macquarie Island Observatory (MCQ)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/geomagnetic-observation-records-macquarie-island-observatory-mcq