Geographic index

Regions

The archive is organised by region rather than by country, because soundscapes do not honour political boundaries. Each region below maintains at least one continuous monitoring station and contributes new material regularly.

Northern Europe

59°N–71°N · 5°E–32°E

Forest, lake, and coastal recordings from Sweden, Finland, and Norway. Notable for the long winter listening sessions; our most-recorded region by volume.

724 recordings · 11 active stations

Boreal forest

60°N–66°N · 30°E–60°E

Continuous capture from the Vodlozersky and Patvinsuo reserves, the heart of the Karelian taiga. Strong overlap with our phenology work.

518 recordings · 6 active stations

North Atlantic

60°N–66°N · 30°W–10°W

Iceland, Faroe Islands, and the western coast of Norway. A glacier, fumarole, and surf-line focus; some of the most physically demanding rigs to maintain.

402 recordings · 5 active stations

British Isles

50°N–61°N · 11°W–2°E

Industrial heritage, devotional music, and remote rural sites. Includes our partnership with the National Library of Wales sound archive.

619 recordings · 4 active stations

Pacific

global

Hydrophone work, predominantly. Long-term partnerships with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and the New Zealand DOC enable our deep-water material.

284 recordings · 3 active stations

Central Asia

37°N–55°N · 46°E–87°E

Markets, steppe, mosque acoustics, and the great wind landscapes of Kazakhstan. Our youngest active region; we expect substantial growth here in 2026.

208 recordings · 3 active stations

South America

global

Patagonian wind, Andean rituals, salt flats, and our flagship VLF station near El Calafate. Listener-supported contributors across five countries.

261 recordings · 2 active stations

Atmospheric / VLF

paired sites

Recordings made in the very-low-frequency band (3–30 kHz), shifted into the audible range. Whistlers, dawn chorus events, and the long song of distant lightning.

178 recordings · 2 paired sites

Subterranean

various

Caves, mines, deep cellars, and tunnels. Sound below ground has an inversely large psychological scale; our subterranean section is small but reliably the most discussed in correspondence.

89 recordings · 2 active sites

Monitoring stations

Each station below maintains at least one weatherproofed continuous recording rig, calibrated annually by an editor visit. Stations marked (unattended) operate without an on-site engineer; their material is collected via the secure submission path described on the contact page.

STN-001Vodlozersky NorthKarelia, RU · 62°45′N 36°50′E · continuous since 2014attended
STN-004Patvinsuo BogLieksa, FI · 63°08′N 30°43′E · continuous since 2015attended
STN-006Vatnajökull TongueSkaftafell, IS · 64°00′N 16°58′W · seasonalattended
STN-009Reykjanes PlateauReykjanes, IS · 63°53′N 22°25′W · continuous since 2017unattended
STN-011Pontypridd Loom RoomPontypridd, GB · partnership with Amgueddfa Cymruattended
STN-014Kvarken FerryBay of Bothnia · year-round mobile rigmobile
STN-017Aktobe Steppe ArrayAktobe, KZ · 50°17′N 57°10′E · continuous since 2022unattended
STN-020Chorsu Bazaar TowerTashkent, UZ · domed acoustic captureattended
STN-023El Calafate VLFPatagonia, AR · 50°20′S 72°16′W · paired with STN-024unattended
STN-024Stornoway Listening PostOuter Hebrides, GB · paired with STN-023attended
STN-027Aggtelek KarstAggtelek, HU · cave system, monthly captureattended
STN-031Salar de Uyuni EdgeUyuni, BO · 20°08′S 67°29′W · seasonalunattended
STN-034Monterey Hydrophone ClusterMBARI partnership · permitted access onlypartner