Survey Identifier: CP6-88
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 24070005
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19920702
Source Institution: HYDROGRAPHIC OFF. ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
Country: AUSTRALIA
Platform Name: MV CAPE PILLAR
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): LCDR R.J.BALL, ROYAL NAVY-UK
Project: AUSTRALIA DEFENSE COOPERATION PROGRAM - VANUATU 1988
Funding: AUS.DEV.ASS.BUR./DOD
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19880629
Port of Departure: BRISBANE
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19881023
Port of Arrival: BRISBANE
Navigation Instrumentation: SATNAV, TRANSIT/GPS & DEAD RECKONING
Geodetic Datum/Position: TRANSIT/GPS, DEAD RECKONING
Bathymetry Instrumentation: ATLAS DESO SURVEY E/S,DEEPWATER TRANSDUC
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -10
Bottommost Latitude: -26
Leftmost Longitude: +153
Rightmost Longitude: +169
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 014
Additional Documentation: DEPTHS CORRECTED USING NP139-ECHO SOUNDING CORRECTION TABLES (AREAS 55 AND 56, AS APPROPRIATE)
Number of Data Records: 6382
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1988 06 29
Latitude: -25.84381
Longitude: +153.94571
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 11.6
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1988 10 23
Latitude: +2.00000
Longitude: +168.16981
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5183.0