SGO

Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory was established in 1913 by Finnish Academy of Science and Letters to perform geophysical measurements and research based on the observation results. Measurements of the Earth's magnetic field began on 1st January 1914. On 1st August 1997, the observatory became an independent research department of the University of Oulu... The Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory is located at 67° 22' N, 26° 38' E, which is 130 km north of Rovaniemi and 7 km south of Sodankylä, in the middle of Finnish Lapland at the beautiful banks of the river Kitinen... SGO, located 120 km north of the Arctic Circle in Finland, is an independent department of the University of Oulu.

Also known as: Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory

Primary location: Finland