Survey Identifier: PSTAR95
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 05120001
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19950517
Source Institution: RNZN HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE
Country: NEW ZEALAND
Platform Name: USCG POLAR STAR
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): CAPTAIN ROBERT J PARSONS
Project: DEEPFREEZE 95
Funding: NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19941122
Port of Departure: HOBART
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19950109
Port of Arrival: MCMURDO
Navigation Instrumentation: TRIMBLE SPS GPS
Geodetic Datum/Position: WGS84 DATUM
Bathymetry Instrumentation: UQN-4 (12.5 KHZ)
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: N/A
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -46
Bottommost Latitude: -75
Leftmost Longitude: +141
Rightmost Longitude: +173
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 010
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 2 SECONDS
Bathymetric Datum Code: 88
Interpolation Scheme: DEPTHS INTERPRETED FROM RAYTHEON LSR
Additional Documentation: DEPTHS RECORDED IN FATHOMS, CONVERTED TO METRES, DEPTHS DIGITISED BY HAND, DEPTHS UP TO 200M HAVE 2M BLOCK CORRECTION FOR TIDES. DEPTHS GREATER THAN 200M CORRECTED FOR NP139 3RD EDITION.
Number of Data Records: 1177
Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: -74.95833
Longitude: +141.57835
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 164.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: -46.07502
Longitude: +172.36331
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 4660.0