Survey Identifier: 19910021
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 19150002
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19941123
Source Institution: UNITED KINGDOM HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Platform Name: HMS ENDURANCE
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
Project: PASSAGE SOUNDINGS
Funding: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19901208
Port of Departure: FORTALEZA, BRAZIL
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19901214
Port of Arrival: RIO DE JANEIRO
Navigation Instrumentation: MAGNAVOX MX1107
Geodetic Datum/Position: TRANSIT SATELLITE, VISUAL/RADAR
Bathymetry Instrumentation: KELVIN HUGHES TYPE 778 PDR & TYPE 780
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOGUE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -03
Bottommost Latitude: -24
Leftmost Longitude: -042
Rightmost Longitude: -033
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: NOT KNOWN
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Interpolation Scheme: PEAKS, TROUGHS AND CHANGE OF SLOPE
Additional Documentation: IHO SP44 CLASSIFICATION IF 3D 1E 1G WGC, DIGITISED BY THE UNITED KINGDOM HO FROM ANALOGUE PLOTTING SHEETS, UNITED KINGDOM HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE REFERENCE HA121/006/001/01
Number of Data Records: 934
Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: -23.71906
Longitude: -41.34718
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 53.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: -3.51329
Longitude: -33.37875
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 4660.0