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    • EX2206: Voyage to the Ridge 3 (ROV and Mapping)

    Metadata Updated: March 28, 2026

    From August 6 - September 2, 2022 (Horta, Faial, Azores to San Juan, Puerto Rico) NOAA Ocean Exploration completed the Voyage to the Ridge 3 expedition (EX-22-06), a combined mapping and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) expedition to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Azores Plateau, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and U.S. waters in the vicinity of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Operations during this 28-day expedition included the completion of 9 successful ROV exploration dives in the vicinity of the Azores, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge south of the Azores, and Puerto Rico. ROV dives were conducted in water depths ranging from 250 m to 6000 m for a total of 41 hours of bottom time. EX-22-06 also collected 56,769 square kilometers of seafloor bathymetry and associated water column data using an EM304 multibeam sonar. All data associated with this expedition have been archived and are publicly available through the NOAA Archives.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date March 23, 2026
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 28, 2026
    Reference Date(s) August 6, 2022 (creation)
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NCDDC OER

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Fieldsession
    Metadata Date March 23, 2026
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 28, 2026
    Reference Date(s) August 6, 2022 (creation)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact); NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (Principal Investigator)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.ncei.oer:EX2206_COLLECTION
    Access Constraints
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    Bbox North Lat 38.9235
    Bbox South Lat 17.33259
    Bbox West Long -67.73167
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned
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    Harvest Source Id 0eb61eac-016f-4f95-a6c3-2974339749bb
    Harvest Source Title NCDDC OER
    Licence Access Constraints: No access constraints Use Constraints: No use constraints.
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    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True

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