Survey Identifier: 19970011
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 19150051
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 2
Funding: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19951110
Port of Departure: MACEIO, BRAZIL
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19951127
Port of Arrival: PORT STANLEY, FALKLAND ISLANDS
Navigation Instrumentation: RACAL MNS 2000G RECEIVER
Geodetic Datum/Position: GPS
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SIMRAD EA500
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOGUE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -09
Bottommost Latitude: -52
Leftmost Longitude: -060
Rightmost Longitude: -035
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: NOT KNOWN
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: NONE
Additional Documentation: IHO SP44 CLASSIFICATION 1E 3D 1D 1G WGD, UNITED KINGDOM HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE REFERENCE HA121/006/001/03, DATA WERE SUB-SAMPLED BY NGDC TO REDUCE 88600 DATA POINTS TO 40067 POINTS, CHOOSING POINTS NO CLOSER THAN 0.05 NAUTICAL MILES.
Number of Data Records: 40067
Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: -51.67153
Longitude: -59.85445
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 13.5
Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: -9.87089
Longitude: -35.70681
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 4525.0