Survey Identifier: 19920137
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 19430001
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19941123
Source Institution: UNITED KINGDOM HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Platform Name: HMS POLAR CIRCLE
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): 19911210
Port of Departure: GRAN CANARIA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19911219
Port of Arrival: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
Navigation Instrumentation: RAYSTAR 920
Geodetic Datum/Position: GPS, RADAR, VISUAL
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SIMRAD EA500
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOGUE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +28
Bottommost Latitude: -24
Leftmost Longitude: -041
Rightmost Longitude: -016
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: NOT KNOWN
Assumed Sound Velocity: 14706
Interpolation Scheme: PEAKS, TROUGHS AND CHANGE OF SLOPE
Additional Documentation: IHO SP44 CLASSIFICATION 1F 3D 1E 1J WGD, DIGITISED BY THE UNITED KINGDOM HO FROM ANALOGUE PLOTTING SHEETS, UNITED KINGDOM HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE REFERENCE HA121/006/001/02
Number of Data Records: 1334
Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: -23.11756
Longitude: -40.91894
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 71.3
Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: +27.34627
Longitude: -16.42283
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5435.0