Editing Observatory (section)

==Marine observatories==
A marine observatory is a scientific institution whose main task is to make observations in the fields of meteorology, geomagnetism and tides that are important for the navy and civil shipping. An astronomical observatory is usually also attached. Some of these observatories also deal with nautical weather forecasts and storm warnings, astronomical time services, nautical calendars and seismology.

Example marine observatories include:
* 1676 [[Royal Observatory, Greenwich|Royal Greenwich Observatory]] at London
* 1753 [[Real Instituto y Observatorio de la Armada]] in San Fernando, Spain
* 1830 [[United States Naval Observatory]]
* 1868 [[Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Germany)|German Maritime Observatory]] in Hamburg 
* 1871–1918 Austro-Hungarian Pola Naval Observatory, in what is now [[Pula]], Croatia
* 1882 [[Observatoire Oceanologique de Villefranche]], France
* 1908 [[St. Andrews Biological Station]], Canada
* 2006 [[European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatory]] (EMSO)

===See also===
* [[Fixed-point ocean observatory]]
* [[Integrated Ocean Observing System]]