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Report for H08905 Locality: Offshore Elizabeth Islands to Gay Head Sublocality: GAY HEAD State(s) or Region(s): Massachusetts Start Date: 1966-08-09 End Date: 1966-09-04 These data are not to be used for navigation. For navigation please refer to NOS Nautical Charts. Downloads may take a long time, depending on file size and data transfer rates. Download All Products for H08905
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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.
H08905.pdf	1.46MB	The document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
NOAA/NOS ISO metadata record
H08905 View / Download H08905.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

Survey products may use different units, datums or projections than the associated survey. Please consult product-specific metadata for additional details.
NOAA/NOS Sounding Data
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. Please check the associated metadata to confirm the correct datums. The data file format is : SurveyID, Long, Lat, Depth.
H08905		XYZ format.
NOAA/NOS Sounding Data
Point Soundings from the survey Smooth Sheet in A93 format.
H08905.a93.gz	69.5KB	A93 format.
Survey Metadata Data
Metadata for the survey in H93 format.
H08905_h93.htm	13.7KB	H93 format.

Images

NOAA/NOS Smooth Sheet survey image
H08905.tif.gz	42.37MB	The image may be viewed with a standard image viewer.
NOAA/NOS Smooth Sheet survey image in MrSID format
H08905.sid.gz	8.89MB	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 listing in IMLGS (pre-1989)
Link to H08905 in IMLGS (pre-1989 samples)		Search NOAA/NOS seabed samples submitted to IMLGS through NMNH (pre-1989). Modern survey bottom samples are not currently viewable on a map service.
NOAA/NOS bottom sample document in PDF or ASC format
H08905_BSText.txt	8.6KB	NOAA/NOS bottom sample document in PDF or ASC format.

Survey Metadata

Survey Summary

Locality Sublocality State or Region Offshore Elizabeth Islands to Gay Head GAY HEAD Massachusetts

Start Date End Date Approval Date 1966-08-09 1966-09-04 1968-03-13

Project Number Project Name Purpose OPR-369-WH-66 Offshore Elizabeth Islands to Gay Head, Massachusetts Update Nautical Chart(s)

Source of Original Data

Link to Original Data Data Source

Reference System Information

Vertical Datum Horizontal Datum Projection Scale Mean Low Water North American Datum 1927 20000

Tide Note Tide Zones Survey Tide Stations COOPS Tide Station ID Gay Head, Massachusetts 8448733 Cedar Tree Neck, Massachusetts 8448325

Affected Products

ENCs RNCs

Junction Surveys

Survey Equipment

Vessel(s) Chief(s) of Party USC&GS Ship WHITING Sidney C. Miller

Manufacturer Model Instrument Type Bar Check Raytheon DE-723 Single Beam Echo Sounder Decca Hi-Fix Transceiver Range/Range Electronic Range/Range

Source Data at NCEI

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