Survey Identifier: 19980025


Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 19150056
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 - HI788
Funding: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19971101
Port of Departure: MADERIA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19980102
Port of Arrival: PUNTA ARENAS, CHILE
Navigation Instrumentation: DEL NORTE 1009 RECEIVER
Geodetic Datum/Position: C/A CODE GPS
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SIMRAD EA500
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: NONE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: 32
Bottommost Latitude: -55
Leftmost Longitude: -069
Rightmost Longitude: -017
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: NOT KNOWN
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Interpolation Scheme: NOT KNOWN
Additional Documentation: UNITED KINGDOM HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE REFERENCE HH090/788/01, DATA WERE SUB-SAMPLED BY NGDC TO REDUCE 256140 DATA POINTS TO 101412 POINTS, CHOOSING POINTS NO CLOSER THAN 0.05 NAUTICAL MILES.
Number of Data Records: 101412

Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: -54.08310
Longitude: -68.18980
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 12.9

Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: +31.74254
Longitude: -17.08537
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5766.0