Report for H08311

Locality:	Whale Bay and Vicinity
Sublocality:	Whale Bay and Bainbridge Passage
State(s) or Region(s):	Alaska

Start Date:	1956-05-11
End Date:	1957-07-30

These data are not to be used for navigation.
For navigation please refer to NOS Nautical Charts.

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Survey Products

Descriptive Report and Metadata Documents

NOAA/NOS Descriptive Report
Products listed in the project descriptive report (DR) may not reflect final products available through NCEI.
H08311.pdf	1.18MB	The document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
NOAA/NOS ISO metadata record
H08311 View / Download H08311.xml		Usually presented as an XML document, which captures the basic characteristics of HSMDB metadata verified from H10000 (1982) to the present as well as F00200 (1965) to the present.

Bathymetry

NOAA/NOS Sounding Data
Survey products may use different units, datums or projections than the associated survey. Please consult product-specific metadata for additional details.
Download data from the Point Store database via NEXT (NCEI Extract System). Point soundings are from the survey Smooth Sheet or of similar density. Depths in meters. Vertical datum is (converted to) Mean Lower Low Water if possible. Please check the associated metadata to confirm the correct datums. The data file format is : SurveyID, Long, Lat, Depth.
H08311		XYZ format.
NOAA/NOS Sounding Data
Point Soundings from the survey Smooth Sheet in A93 format.
H08311.a93.gz	95.8KB	A93 format.
Survey Metadata Data
Metadata for the survey in H93 format.
H08311_h93.htm	13.8KB	H93 format.

Images

NOAA/NOS Smooth Sheet survey image
H08311_Color.tif.gz	109.52MB	The image may be viewed with a standard image viewer.
H08311.tif.gz	31.15MB	The image may be viewed with a standard image viewer.
NOAA/NOS Smooth Sheet survey image in MrSID format
H08311.sid.gz	6.38MB	The MrSID (.sid) format is supported in major GIS applications. Stand alone tools may be available from Lizard Tech.

Bottom Samples and Tide Documents

Bottom Sample Data
NOAA/NOS bottom sample database link
Link to H08311 in Seabed Database		Search the NOAA/NOS and USCGS Seabed Database
NOAA/NOS bottom sample document in PDF or ASC format
H08311_BSText.txt	5.8KB	NOAA/NOS bottom sample document in PDF or ASC format.

Survey Metadata

Survey Summary

Locality

Sublocality

State or Region

Whale Bay and Vicinity

Whale Bay and Bainbridge Passage

Alaska

Start Date	End Date	Approval Date
1956-05-11	1957-07-30	1960-01-19

Project Number	Project Name	Purpose
OPR-12770-BO-56	Patton Bay, Alaska	Update Nautical Chart(s)

Source of Original Data

Link to Original Data	Data Source

Reference System Information

Vertical Datum	Horizontal Datum	Projection	Scale
Mean Lower Low Water	North American Datum 1927		12500

Tide Note

Tide Zones

Survey Tide Stations

COOPS Tide Station ID

Tide Reducers

Not Available

Cordova, Alaska	9454050
Point Waters
Whale Bay

Affected Products

ENCs

RNCs

Junction Surveys

Survey Equipment

Vessel(s)

Chief(s) of Party

USC&GS Ship BOWIE

BOWIE Launch 133

BOWIE Launch 92

Fred Natella

Curtis Le Fever

Manufacturer	Model	Instrument Type
		Bar Check
		Sextant Visual/Azimuth
		Sextant Visual/Azimuth
	808-J	Single Beam Echo Sounder
	808	Single Beam Echo Sounder
EDO	185	Single Beam Echo Sounder

Source Data at NCEI

Data in Archive	Size (in GB)	Date Archived	Data Types Surveyed
Source Data Not Available