Survey Identifier: VA80-3
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 08050021
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19851216
Source Institution: HAWAII INST. GEOPHYSICS FOR CCOPSOPAC
Country: U.S.A.
Platform Name: R/V MACHIAS
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): NEVILLE EXON
Project: CCOP/SOPAC RAS 79/074; VA80-3
Funding: UNDP
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19801204
Port of Departure: PORT VILA, EFATE
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19801220
Port of Arrival: PORT VILA, EFATE
Navigation Instrumentation: (SEE ADD.DOC. 18)
Geodetic Datum/Position: 1-SATNAV 2-RADAR 3-SEXTANT
Bathymetry Instrumentation: RAYTHEON 106C-1 7 KHZ
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG RECORDS, MICROFILM
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -12
Bottommost Latitude: -18
Leftmost Longitude: +166
Rightmost Longitude: +169
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 50
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 MAGNAVOS 1102A; RADAR X, 05 THIS CRUISE WAS TO DETERMINE THE POTENTIALS OF OFFSHORE AREAS OF, 05 VANUATU FOR MATALLIFEROUS SEDIMENTS & PRECIOUS CORALS.
Number of Data Records: 5455
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1980 12 04
Latitude: -17.86017
Longitude: +166.64250
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000190
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 14.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1980 12 20
Latitude: -12.79667
Longitude: +168.96833
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 060670
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 4563.0