Observatories
MBO
Mbour, Senegal
Created in 1952 by the Office pour la recherche scientifique outre-mer (ORSTOM). It was modernised in 1992 by the Institut de physique du globe de Paris and managed in collaboration with the Institut pour la recherche et de développement (IRD). MBO ceased on March 2020 when IRD sold the land. A new observatory opened 60km away inland, SOK.
| IAGA Code: | MBO |
| Location : | MBOUR, Senegal |
| Institutions : |
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (France) Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (France) |
| Co-latitude : | 75.608° |
| Longitude : | 343.042° |
| Altitude : | 7 meters |
| Orientation : | HDZF |
| Instruments : |
DI-flux Theodolite Zeiss 010B Theodolite & Bartington mag01H |
| Status : | Closed in March 2020 |
| Data Availability : | |
| Contact: | Benoit Heumez |
List
- AMS Martin de Vivies, French Southern and Antarctic Lands
- BOX Borok, Russia
- CLF Chambon la foret, France
- CZT Port Alfred, French Southern and Antarctic Lands
- DLT Dalat, Vietnam
- DMC Dome C, Antarctica
- DRV Dumont d'Urville, ADELIE LAND, Antarctica
- EDA Edea, Cameroon
- IPM Isla de Pascua, Chile
- KOU Kourou, French Guiana
- PAF Port Aux Francais, Kerguelen Islands, French territory
- PHU Phu Thuy, Vietnam
- PPT Papeete, French Polynesia
- REU Reunion Island, France
- SOK Sop, Senegal
- TAM Tamanrasset, Algeria
- CMF Clermont-Ferrand, France
- MZH Menez Meur, France
- AAE Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
- BNG Bangui, Central African Republic
- LZH Lanzhou, China
- MBO Mbour, Senegal
- PSM Parc St Maur, France
- QSB Qsaybeh, Lebanon
- TAN Antananarivo, Madagascar
- VLJ Val Joyeux, France