MCA Civil Hydrography Programme: Dover Strait Seafloor Backscatter and Samples

Acoustic backscatter mosaics and seabed samples from the Dover Strait northwest of Bullock Bank. The data was collected under the UK's Civil Hydrography Programme and verified by the UK Hydrographic Office. The British Geological Survey is the listed organization for this dataset.

Use Cases

• Map seafloor sediment types based on acoustic backscatter mosaics.
• Analyze seabed composition and geology based on H575 seabed samples.
• Identify and classify natural seabed features based on natural feature shapefiles.
• Verify hydrographic survey data quality based on UK Hydrographic Office verification.

Strengths

• Data is verified by the authoritative UK Hydrographic Office.
• Includes multiple complementary data types: mosaics, samples, images, and shapefiles.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

British Geological Survey (BGS)

Collection Method

Collected as part of the Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP).

Time Range

2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04 09 08:32:46.575673; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Dover Strait, northwest of Bullock Bank