Survey Identifier: 19970025
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 19150054
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): 19961121
Port of Departure: CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19961230
Port of Arrival: BERKELEY SOUND,FALKLAND ISLAND
Navigation Instrumentation: DEL NORTE 1009 RECEIVER
Geodetic Datum/Position: GPS
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SIMRAD EA500
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: NONE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -34
Bottommost Latitude: -55
Leftmost Longitude: -058
Rightmost Longitude: 019
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1 SECOND
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: NONE
Additional Documentation: UNITED KINGDOM HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE REFERENCE HH090/717/01, DATA WERE SUB-SAMPLED BY NGDC TO REDUCE 180836 DATA POINTS TO 54636 POINTS, CHOOSING POINTS NO CLOSER THAN 0.05 NAUTICAL MILES.
Number of Data Records: 54636
Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: -54.49894
Longitude: -57.23650
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 17.1
Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: -34.53796
Longitude: +18.09376
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5653.0