Sub Bottom Profiling Survey

Date 2005

Event ID 547111

Category Recording

Type Sub Bottom Profiling Survey

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These areas were examined by remote sensing (sidescan sonar and sub-bottom profiling) with limited diver survey. No constraints to the proposed reclamation works were identified.

It proved difficult to obtain a sub-bottom profile of this area on account of the rocky nature of the seabed, which was not apparent from either the published charts or previous surveys. The bottom was found to be virtually clear of debris, and the absence of any recognisable remains of the vessels that are recorded as having been lost within this area may be attributed to the dynamic local environment and the nature of the rocky slope.