Survey Identifier: 19970013
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 19150053
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 4
Funding: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19960328
Port of Departure: FALKLAND ISLANDS
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19960418
Port of Arrival: BARBADOS
Navigation Instrumentation: NOT KNOWN
Geodetic Datum/Position: GPS
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SIMRAD EA500
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOGUE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: 13
Bottommost Latitude: -50
Leftmost Longitude: -060
Rightmost Longitude: -033
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 146978 DATA POINTS TO 59711 POINTS, CHOOSING POINTS NO CLOSER THAN 0.05 NAUTICAL MILES.
Number of Data Records: 59711
Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: -49.89132
Longitude: -59.42983
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 54.8
Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: +12.82822
Longitude: -33.34803
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 4930.0