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BD06-1 from Naha, Okinawa, Japan to Apra Harbor, Guam on the USNS Bowditch on the western margin of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands from 2006-10-13 to 2006-11-12

BD06-1 was one of a series of cruises aimed at collecting high-resolution seafloor mapping data in areas around the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam that may potentially qualify for an extended continental shelf under Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
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  • BD06-1
BD06-1
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    Distributor Distributor information not available
    Dataset Principal Investigator Gardner, James V.
    Chief Scientist
    University of New Hampshire, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (UNH/CCOM)
    jim.gardner@unh.edu
    Coverage Description Cruise Start and End
    Time Period Unknown to Unknown;Unknown to Unknown
    Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
    West:140.2386
    East:143.3473
    South:15.371
    North:20.9409
    Spatial Coverage Map
    Documentation links not available.
    Publication Dates
    • creation: 2012-01-10
    Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
    Data Update Frequency Data update frequency not available
    Purpose Law of the Sea Mapping Program - Mariana Trench and West Mariana Ridge, Pacific Ocean Extended Continental Shelf (ECS) Survey.
    Use Limitations
    • This data set is not to be used for navigation
    Publishers
      Publisher information not available.
    Theme keywords NASA/GCMD Science Keywords
    • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans
    Place keywords Limits of Oceans and Seas
    • Guam
    • Mariana
    Use Constraints No constraint information available
    Fees Fee information not available.
    Acquisition Information (collection)
    Instrument
    • Kongsberg Simrad EM121A
    • Knudsen 320 BR
    • DGPS, NovAtel OEM2-3151R
    Platform
      Last Modified: 2015-10-27
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