Survey Identifier: DIS208


Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 19100056
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19960118
Source Institution: NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Platform Name: RRS DISCOVERY
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): DR R WHITE, CAMBRIDGE
Project: RRS DISCOVERY CRUISE 208
Funding: NERC
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19940415
Port of Departure: MAURITIUS
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19940516
Port of Arrival: MAURITIUS
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS
Geodetic Datum/Position: SATELLITE
Bathymetry Instrumentation: 10KHZ ECHO-SOUNDER
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG RECORDS
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -20
Bottommost Latitude: -34
Leftmost Longitude: +056
Rightmost Longitude: +067
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 023
Number of Data Records: 22177

Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1994 04 19
Latitude: -33.17929
Longitude: +56.57700
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 690.0

Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1994 05 20
Latitude: -20.25620
Longitude: +66.65600
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 6860.0