Articles | Volume 9, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-9-125-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-9-125-2018
Review article
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24 Aug 2018
Review article |  | 24 Aug 2018

Hermanus Magnetic Observatory: a historical perspective of geomagnetism in southern Africa

Pieter B. Kotzé

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In this paper a brief summary will be given of the historical development of geomagnetism as a science in southern Africa and particularly the role played by Hermanus Magnetic Observatory in this regard. From a very modest beginning in 1841 as a recording station at the Cape of Good Hope Hermanus Magnetic Observatory is today part of the South African National Space Agency (SANSA), where its geomagnetic field data are extensively used in international research projects with a wide range.