Survey Identifier: BRST_678
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 19050014
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19991207
Source Institution: BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Platform Name: RRS SHACKLETON
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Project: BRANSFIELD STRAIT
Funding: NERC
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19671203
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19680208
Geodetic Datum/Position: VISUAL AND RADAR FIXES
Bathymetry Instrumentation: KELVIN HUGHES MS26J ECHO SOUNDER
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOGUE RECORDS
Magnetics Instrumentation: PROTON MAG. (CAMBRIDGE CONSULTANTS)
Additional Forms of Magnetics Data: ANALOGUE RECORDS, PAPER TAPE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -60
Bottommost Latitude: -63
Leftmost Longitude: -057
Rightmost Longitude: -052
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 050
General Digitizing Rate of Magnetics: 010
General Sampling Rate of Magnetics: 30
Reference Field Code: 88
Reference Field: DGRF
Method of Applying Residual Field: CALCULATED AT STATION POSITION
Number of Data Records: 7581
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1967 12 03
Latitude: -62.00670
Longitude: -56.29000
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 46.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1968 02 08
Latitude: -60.41330
Longitude: -52.72330
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 3648.0