Survey Identifier: M3044_5
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 19150060
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 20001005
Source Institution: UNITED KINGDOM HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Platform Name: HMS ENDURANCE
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
Project: PASSAGE SOUNDINGS HI788, PART 5
Funding: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19980102
Port of Departure: PUNTA ARENAS, CHILE
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19980416
Port of Arrival: ASCENSION ISLAND
Navigation Instrumentation: DEL NORTE 1009 & QYF GPS
Geodetic Datum/Position: C/A CODE GPS (VERIFIED BY P CODE GPS)
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SIMRAD EA500
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: NONE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -52
Bottommost Latitude: -64
Leftmost Longitude: -059
Rightmost Longitude: -054
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 004
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: NOT KNOWN
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: NOT KNOWN
Additional Documentation: UNITED KINGDOM HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE REFERENCE HH090/788/01, DATA WERE SUBSAMPLED BY NGDC, REDUCING 50449 POINTS TO 20007 POINTS, CHOOSING POINTS NO CLOSER THAN 0.04 NAUTICAL MILES.
Number of Data Records: 20007
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1998 03 03
Latitude: -63.58719
Longitude: -58.15903
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 50.5
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1998 03 09
Latitude: -52.06986
Longitude: -54.36898
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 4857.0