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    • EX2205: Voyage to the Ridge 2 (ROV and Mapping)

    Metadata Updated: March 28, 2026

    From July 9-30, 2022 (Norfolk, VA to Horta, Faial, Azores) NOAA Ocean Exploration completed the Voyage to the Ridge 2 expedition (EX-22-05), a combined mapping and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) expedition to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Azores Plateau. Operations during this 22-days at sea expedition included the completion of 10 successful ROV exploration dives in the vicinity the Azores and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge north of the Azores. ROV dives were conducted in water depths ranging from 420 m to 3350 m for a total of almost 53 hours of bottom time. EX-22-05 also collected 49,080 square kilometers of seafloor bathymetry and associated water column data using an EM304 multibeam sonar.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date February 25, 2026
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 28, 2026
    Reference Date(s) July 9, 2022 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NCDDC OER

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date February 25, 2026
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 28, 2026
    Reference Date(s) July 9, 2022 (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.ncei.oer:EX2205_Imagery_COLLECTION
    Access Constraints
    Bbox East Long -24
    Bbox North Lat 55
    Bbox South Lat 35
    Bbox West Long -55
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update
    Harvest Object Id abab755e-3599-4532-9324-5dd0e6aace52
    Harvest Source Id 0eb61eac-016f-4f95-a6c3-2974339749bb
    Harvest Source Title NCDDC OER
    Licence Access Constraints: No access constraints Use Constraints: No use constraints.
    Lineage Processing Steps
    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-55.0, 35.0], [-24.0, 35.0], [-24.0, 55.0], [-55.0, 55.0], [-55.0, 35.0]]]}
    Progress
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2022-07-09
    Temporal Extent End 2022-07-30

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