Survey Identifier: ELT51
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 01020054
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19890706
Source Institution: LAMONT-DOHERTY GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
Country: USA
Platform Name: ELTANIN
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): MARY ALICE MCWHINNIE
Project: CRUISE 051
Funding: NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19720117
Port of Departure: LYTTELTON, NEW ZEALAND
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19720225
Port of Arrival: MCMURDO STATION, ANTARCTICA
Navigation Instrumentation: SATELLITE AND SEXTANT
Geodetic Datum/Position: SATELLITE AND DEADRECKONING
Bathymetry Instrumentation: PDR 12KHZ 60DEG WIDEBEAM 1/SEC
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG DATA
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -43
Bottommost Latitude: -79
Leftmost Longitude: +165
Rightmost Longitude: -158
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 71
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1/SECOND
Assumed Sound Velocity: 14630
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Additional Documentation: PDR3.5KHZ 38 DEGREE 1/SEC SWEEP ALSO USED ON BATHYMETRY
Number of Data Records: 7633
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1972 01 17
Latitude: -78.51580
Longitude: -179.98370
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000125
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 9.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1972 02 25
Latitude: -43.56210
Longitude: +179.98550
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 074075
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5567.0