Survey Identifier: 19980026
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 19860003
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 20001005
Source Institution: UNITED KINGDOM HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Platform Name: HMS MONTROSE
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
Project: PASSAGE SOUNDINGS
Funding: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 199802
Port of Departure: ARCH ISLANDS, WEST FALKLAND
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 199802
Port of Arrival: ARCH ISLANDS, WEST FALKLAND
Navigation Instrumentation: NOT SPECIFIED
Geodetic Datum/Position: GPS/VISUAL FIXES
Bathymetry Instrumentation: KELVIN HUGHES 778
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOGUE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -52
Bottommost Latitude: -53
Leftmost Longitude: -061
Rightmost Longitude: -060
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 030
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: NOT KNOWN
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Interpolation Scheme: PEAKS, TROUGHS AND CHANGE OF SLOPE
Additional Documentation: UNITED KINGDOM HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE REFERENCE HH690/440/01, EVALUATED FROM ORIGINAL ECHO TRACE ANNOTATED FOR TIMES ONLY, AND TRACK PLOT. TIDAL REDUCTIONS NOT APPLIED. DRAUGHT ADJUSTMENT SET TO READ FROM WATERLINE. POSITIONAL ACCURACY MAY BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED DUE TO INCONSISTENCY IN TIME, ANNOTATION AND ABSENCE OF LAT/LONG VALUES ON THE ECHO TRACE.
Number of Data Records: 27
Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: -52.29511
Longitude: -60.72270
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 34.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: -52.27080
Longitude: -60.61018
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 117.0