10505921Edited by Drew.100015014generic_information_pageund1500635709150607334600150607334621<p>In 2011 and 2012 MRV Scotia surveys 0711S and 0712S used a Reson PDS2000 multibeam echosounder to map the seabed around Rockall. Data were collected at 200 and 400 KHz frequencies at a spatial resolution of between 2 and 4 metres depending on depth. An area of approximately 6 nautical miles (north-south) by 9 nm (east-west) was mapped over the 2 surveys. The data were then merged, cleaned and processed using CARIS software HIPS and SIPS</p> filtered_html<p>In 2011 and 2012 MRV Scotia surveys 0711S and 0712S used a Reson PDS2000 multibeam echosounder to map the seabed around Rockall. Data were collected at 200 and 400 KHz frequencies at a spatial resolution of between 2 and 4 metres depending on depth. An area of approximately 6 nautical miles (north-south) by 9 nm (east-west) was mapped over the 2 surveys. The data were then merged, cleaned and processed using CARIS software HIPS and SIPS</p> 61121rockall_3d.pngpublic://rockall_3d.pngimage/png39770811500641506image3D image of Rockall Bathymetry © Marine Scotland3D image of Rockall Bathymetry © Marine ScotlandRockall Bathymetry 3D © Marine ScotlandRockall Bathymetry 3D © Marine Scotland<_drafty_revision_requested>FIELD_LOAD_CURRENT3D image of Rockall Bathymetry © Marine Scotland4528004528001501615015150181335017<p>Rockall, a tiny island just 19 metres high, sits on the very extremity of Scotland’s marine environment. Some 180 miles due west of St. Kilda, it is buffeted year round by the extreme winds and swell that the North Atlantic weather generates. As such, it is Scotland’s only truly offshore shallow water ecosystem. The islet of Rockall is actually the only part of vast plateau of submerged continent that remains above sea-level.</p> filtered_html<p>Rockall, a tiny island just 19 metres high, sits on the very extremity of Scotland’s marine environment. Some 180 miles due west of St. Kilda, it is buffeted year round by the extreme winds and swell that the North Atlantic weather generates. As such, it is Scotland’s only truly offshore shallow water ecosystem. The islet of Rockall is actually the only part of vast plateau of submerged continent that remains above sea-level.</p> 75861021Rockall - what lies beneathoembed://https%3A//youtu.be/qhPOYtfiZFQvideo/oembed011500635556video<_drafty_revision_requested>FIELD_LOAD_CURRENT1sioc:Itemfoaf:Documentdc:datedc:createdxsd:dateTimedate_iso8601dc:modifiedxsd:dateTimedate_iso8601content:encodedsioc:has_creatorrelfoaf:namesioc:num_repliesxsd:integersioc:last_activity_datexsd:dateTimedate_iso8601https://marine.gov.scot/?q=information/rockall-bathymetry-2011-and-2012Drew0a:5:{s:16:"ckeditor_default";s:1:"t";s:20:"ckeditor_show_toggle";s:1:"t";s:14:"ckeditor_width";s:4:"100%";s:13:"ckeditor_lang";s:2:"en";s:18:"ckeditor_auto_lang";s:1:"t";}9254010505915014publishedpublished2115060733461115060733469254010505915014publishedpublished2115060733461115060733469254010505915014publishedpublished211506073346111506073346