The fundamental reference marker for the NGF/IGN69 system, designated M.AC-0-VIII, is located inside the buildings of the Marseille Tide Gauge.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by IGN's own geodesy documentation and corroborated by multiple independent governmental (SHOM), academic, and specialist sources, all consistent with no contradictions. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=bronze indep_score=0.525 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable | framework convergence=partial (upstreams: Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière (IGN), Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (SHOM)/Refmar, SONEL (Système d'observation du niveau des eaux littorales)) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- Les réseaux de nivellement français - Géodésie (seed:geography_and_travel)
- https://www.aftopo.org/lexique/repere-fondamental-du-ngf/ (corroboration)
- https://refmar.shom.fr/references-de-hauteur-en-maregraphie (corroboration)
- https://journals.openedition.org/ephaistos/8716?lang=en (corroboration)