Survey Identifier: M3196_1
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 19150063
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 HI 830 BLOCK 1
Funding: MOD
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19981021
Port of Departure: PORTSMOUTH
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19990103
Port of Arrival: MAR DEL PLATA
Navigation Instrumentation: DEL NORTE 1009 & QYF P CODE
Geodetic Datum/Position: C/A CODE GPS (VERIFIED BY P CODE GPS)
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SIMRAD EA500
Topmost Latitude of Survey: 48
Bottommost Latitude: -55
Leftmost Longitude: -059
Rightmost Longitude: -006
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 003
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Additional Documentation: UKHO FILE REF HH090/830/01, DATA WERE SUBSAMPLED BY NGDC, REDUCING 293824 POINTS TO 116350 POINTS, CHOOSING POINTS NO CLOSER THAN 0.05 NAUTICAL MILES.
Number of Data Records: 116350
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1998 01 01
Latitude: -54.08394
Longitude: -58.46140
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 11.1
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1999 01 01
Latitude: +47.48385
Longitude: -6.57090
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5678.0