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OAS institution Detail for OGS
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Name: Italian National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics
Native Name: Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale
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Acronym: OGS
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Address: P.O. BOX 2011
City: TRIESTE
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Postal: I-34016
Country: ITALY
Comments: Imperial Academy for Commerce and Sciences of the Sea in 1817, Meteorological Observatory in 1841, Marine Observatory in 1903, Institute of Geophysics of Trieste in 1921, Thalassographic Institute of Trieste in 1941, which together with the independent seismic station of Trieste became the Geophysical Observatory in 1949, Experimental Geophysical Observatory of Trieste in 1958 and Experimental Geophysical Observatory in 1989, before acquiring its current status as the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics, in 1999.

The acronym OGS has been in use in order to abbreviate its Italian name of Osservatorio Geofisico Sperimentale, since 1958.
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Keydate: 2000-01-01 00:00:00+00
Editdate: 2021-06-02 17:24:48+00