Survey Identifier: 19920023
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 19150016
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): 19891112
Port of Departure: GRAN CANARIA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19891120
Port of Arrival: RECIFE, BRAZIL
Navigation Instrumentation: MAGNAVOX MX1107
Geodetic Datum/Position: TRANSIT SATELLITE, RADAR, VISUAL
Bathymetry Instrumentation: KELVIN HUGHES TYPES 778 PDR & 780
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOGUE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +29
Bottommost Latitude: -08
Leftmost Longitude: -035
Rightmost Longitude: -016
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: NOT KNOWN
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: PEAKS, TROUGHS AND CHANGE OF SLOPE
Additional Documentation: IHO SP44 CLASSIFICATION 1F 3D 1E 1G WGC, DIGITISED BY THE UNITED KINGDOM HO FROM ANALOGUE PLOTTING SHEETS, UNITED KINGDOM HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE REFERENCE HA121/006/001/001
Number of Data Records: 1469
Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: -7.55530
Longitude: -34.38860
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 561.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: +28.16536
Longitude: -16.05642
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5816.0