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Notes

No. 24 (2020)

Hydrography in Remote Areas: Mapping the waters of Saint Helena as part of the British Overseas Territories Seabed Mapping Programme

Soumise
novembre 1, 2022
Publié-e
2020-11-30

Résumé

In 2018, a team of hydrographers from the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO), supported by UK Government funding under the Overseas Territories Seabed Mapping Programme (OTSMP), undertook a bathymetric survey of the coastal waters of Saint Helena. The coastal waters of this environmentally sensitive island were substantially unsurveyed and there was a need to gather information to support Safety of Navigation along with future sustainable management and development of the island's ocean resources. This note discusses the requirements, challenges, results and wider utilisation of this geographically remote survey in the South Atlantic.