Survey Identifier: ELT15
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 01020015
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19890705
Source Institution: LAMONT-DOHERTY GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
Country: UNITED STATES
Platform Name: ELTANIN
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): GEORGE R. TONEY
Project: CRUISE15
Funding: NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19641001
Port of Departure: VALPARAISO CHILE
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19641203
Port of Arrival: AUKLAND NEW ZEALAND
Navigation Instrumentation: SEXTANT
Geodetic Datum/Position: DEAD RECKONING
Bathymetry Instrumentation: PDR12KHZ WIDEBEAM ONCE PER SEC.SWEEP
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG RECORDS
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -33
Bottommost Latitude: -62
Leftmost Longitude: +174
Rightmost Longitude: -071
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 75
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: ONE SECOND
Assumed Sound Velocity: 14630
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Number of Data Records: 12333
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1964 10 01
Latitude: -61.20000
Longitude: -179.97420
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 003700
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 280.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1964 12 03
Latitude: -33.00000
Longitude: +179.99370
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 088825
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 6715.0