Survey Identifier: 19970010
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 19150050
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19980721
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 BLOCK 1
Funding: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19951024
Port of Departure: PORTSMOUTH, UNITED KINGDOM
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19951106
Port of Arrival: MACEIO, BRAZIL
Navigation Instrumentation: RACAL MNS 2000G RECEIVER
Geodetic Datum/Position: GPS
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SIMRAD EA500
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOGUE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: 48
Bottommost Latitude: -07
Leftmost Longitude: -034
Rightmost Longitude: -007
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: NOT KNOWN
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: NONE
Additional Documentation: UNITED KINGDOM HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE REFERENCE HA121/006/001/03, IHO SP44 CLASSIFICATION 1E 3D 1D IG WGD, DATA WERE SUB-SAMPLED BY NGDC TO REDUCE 121019 DATA POINTS TO 50429 POINTS, CHOOSING POINTS NO CLOSER THAN 0.05 NAUTICAL MILES.
Number of Data Records: 50429
Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: -6.87021
Longitude: -33.69940
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 1740.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: +47.01180
Longitude: -7.12425
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5774.0