Survey Identifier: JCR29
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 19720017
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19980721
Source Institution: BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Platform Name: RRS JAMES CLARK ROSS
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): NOT KNOWN
Project: GEOSCIENCE CRUISE JCR29
Funding: NERC
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19980210
Port of Departure: PORT STANLEY, FALKLAND ISLANDS
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19980305
Port of Arrival: PORT STANLEY, FALKLAND ISLANDS
Navigation Instrumentation: NOT KNOWN
Geodetic Datum/Position: GPS
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SIMRAD EA500
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: NONE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -51
Bottommost Latitude: -65
Leftmost Longitude: -061
Rightmost Longitude: -056
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 005
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: NOT KNOWN
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Interpolation Scheme: 30 SECOND INTERVALS
Additional Documentation: 6 METRE DRAUGHT APPLIED ON THE ADVICE OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY, DATA WERE SUB-SAMPLED BY NGDC TO REDUCE 37022 DATA POINTS TO 11964 POINTS, CHOOSING POINTS NO CLOSER THAN 0.05 NAUTICAL MILES.
Number of Data Records: 11964
Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: -64.18497
Longitude: -60.60079
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 10.9
Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: -51.66241
Longitude: -56.02884
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5199.0