Vertical motion of Pacific Island tide gauges

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 24/10/2025

This GA Record reports findings regarding the absolute vertical rate of movement (i.e. the rate at which the land is moving up or down with respect to the centre of the Earth) of 13 Pacific Island tide gauges over the period 2003 – 2018 based on the analysis of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) data and levelling data.

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Title Vertical motion of Pacific Island tide gauges
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/47fcd834-5f1b-400f-a2cf-8d642f2218e4
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Geoscience Australia Data
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        140.625,
        -37.1603
      ],
      [
        230.625,
        -37.1603
      ],
      [
        230.625,
        24.5271
      ],
      [
        140.625,
        24.5271
      ],
      [
        140.625,
        -37.1603
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Vertical motion of Pacific Island tide gauges". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/vertical-motion-of-pacific-island-tide-gauges