Canna Multibeam Survey on the Northern Lighthouse Board vessel, Polestar. BGS Survey - 2011_7 : 1st – 11th July 2011

The British Geological Survey (BGS), The Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) and Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) are part of a collaboration to collect multibeam bathymetry. Two BGS Hydrographic Surveyors, Nick Smart and Rhys Cooper boarded the Polestar along with Laura Clark from SNH on the 1st of July to carry out a survey around the Isle of Canna on the west coast of Scotland. The survey extent was designed to fit in with pre-existing areas surveyed as part of the Marine and Coastal Agency Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP). The survey finished on the 11th of July, allowing only 10 days to complete a significant area (approximately 300km2).