Survey Identifier: VA80-1
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 08150001
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19851216
Source Institution: HAWAII INST. GEOPHYSICS FOR CCOPSOPAC
Country: U.S.A.
Platform Name: R/V VAUBAN
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): JACQUES DANIEL
Project: CCOP/SOPAC RAS 79/074; VA80-1
Funding: UNDP
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19800727
Port of Departure: PORT VILA, EFATE
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19800822
Port of Arrival: MALAKUA, VANUATU
Navigation Instrumentation: (SEE ADD.DOC. 18)
Geodetic Datum/Position: 1-SATNAV 2-SEXTANT
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG RECORDS, MICROFILM
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -12
Bottommost Latitude: -18
Leftmost Longitude: +165
Rightmost Longitude: +170
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 65
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1 PER SECOND
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: NONE/PICKED PEAKS & TROUGHS + 15MIN INTERVALS IF SMOOTH
Additional Documentation: 05 MAGNAVOX 1102A/JMR DUAL CHN. SATNAV X, 05 DEEP-SEA BATHYMETRY IN THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN BASINS TO ALLOW, 05 FOR AN INTERPRETATION BY A CONSULTANT ON PETROLEUM PROSPECTIVITY.
Number of Data Records: 11034
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1980 07 27
Latitude: -17.78317
Longitude: +165.22500
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 001600
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 120.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1980 08 22
Latitude: -12.65000
Longitude: +169.53833
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 103120
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 7888.0