Survey Identifier: 19920043
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 19510004
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19921102
Source Institution: UNITED KINGDOM HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Platform Name: HMS HECATE
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): 19890306
Port of Departure: NATAL, BRAZIL
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19890315
Port of Arrival: NATAL, BRAZIL
Navigation Instrumentation: NOT KNOWN
Geodetic Datum/Position: TRANSIT SATELLITE
Bathymetry Instrumentation: KELVIN HUGHES TYPE 780
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOGUE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -05
Bottommost Latitude: -06
Leftmost Longitude: -036
Rightmost Longitude: -034
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: NOT KNOWN
Bathymetric Datum Code: 11
Interpolation Scheme: PEAKS, TROUGHS AND CHANGE OF SLOPE
Reference Field Code: 00
Additional Documentation: IHO SP44 CLASSIFICATION 1E 3D 1E 1D WGD, DIGITISED BY THE UNITED KINGDOM HO FROM ANALOGUE PLOTTING SHEETS, UNITED KINGDOM HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE REFERENCE HH657/410/01, DEPTHS ARE CORRECTED FOR THE OBSERVED SPEED OF SOUND DURING PASSAGE.
Number of Data Records: 186
Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: -5.99443
Longitude: -35.18204
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 11.1
Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: -5.72349
Longitude: -34.92453
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 847.0