Survey Identifier: M3044_7
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 19150062
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 7
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: -07
Bottommost Latitude: -34
Leftmost Longitude: -015
Rightmost Longitude: 018
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 003
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 66747 POINTS TO 34936 POINTS, CHOOSING POINTS NO CLOSER THAN 0.04 NAUTICAL MILES.
Number of Data Records: 34936
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1998 04 07
Latitude: -33.17412
Longitude: -14.45459
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 101.4
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1998 04 16
Latitude: -7.97189
Longitude: +17.34326
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5838.0