GeoTIFF image of the backscatter intensity of the sea floor southwest of Montauk Point, New York, in 1998 (3-m resolution, Mercator, WGS 84)

• Main Author: U.S. Geological Survey
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2016
• Subjects: backscatter intensity; GeoTIFF image; multibeam; 3-m resolution image; sea floor; sea floor mapping; Simrad EM1000; Canadian Coast Guard ship (CCGS) Frederick G. Creed; WHCMSC field activity 1998-015-FA; Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC); Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Canadian Hydrographic Service; University of New Brunswick; oceans; geoscientificInformation; imageryBaseMapsEarthCover; Montauk Point; Long Island; New York Bight; Middle Atlantic Bight; mid-Atlantic Bight; New York; North Atlantic Ocean; Island Inlet; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/b265525a-9a47-43a7-af1f-0c74314d5814

Surveys of the bathymetry and backscatter intensity of the sea floor south of Long Island, New York, were carried out in November 1998 using a Simrad EM1000 multibeam echosounder mounted on the Canadian Coast Guard ship Frederick G. Creed. The purpose of the multibeam echosounder surveys was to explore the bathymetry and backscatter intensity of the sea floor in several areas off the southern coast of Long Island along the 20-meter isobath. Survey areas offshore of Fire Island Inlet, Moriches Inlet, Shinnecock Inlet, and southwest of Montauk Point were about 1 kilometer (km) wide and 10 km long. The area was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey with support from the Canadian Hydrographic Service and the University of New Brunswick.