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History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy

1973 BRACAN-1 (Brazil - Canary Islands) Cable
Attachment 8.1

ROUTE AND TRANSITION CO-ORDINATES

All distances are from Recife to Gran Canaria. Positions and alter-courses along the cable route are numbered on this basis.

Position Latitude S
deg/min/secs		 Longitude W
deg/min/secs		 Distance
between
positions (nm)		 Cumulative
distance (nm)		 Depth
(fathoms)		 Transition
Alter-course etc		 Notes
1 08 08 08 34 53 55   0 0 Beach Joint  
      1.47        
2 08 09 00 33 52 45   1.47 9 "EB"/EB "EB" is cable type EB Screened
      1.83      
3 08 10 06 34 51 15   3.30 10 EB/E  
      4.10        
4 08 12 27 34 47 57   7.40 14 A/Co.1  
      14.35        
5 08 10 24 34 33 45   21.75 150 E/B  
      4.80        
6 08 09 36 34 28 51   26.55 400 B/LW  
      24.85        
7 08 06 00 34 04 00   51.40 560 A/Co.2  
      16.35        
8 07 57 30 33 50 00   67.75 2250 A/Co.3  
      41.70/32.25       First set of figures are from survey. Second set are installation changes, often to deconflict an A/Co from the laying of a repeater or equaliser.
9 07 22 45/07 30 00 33 27 00/33 32 00   109.45/100.20 2481 A/Co.4
      17.35/34.59      
10 07 14 00/07 06 45 33 12 00/33 06 45   126.80/134.79 2471 A/Co.5
      54.10/45.16      
11 06 30 00 32 40 30   180.90/177.95 2580 A/Co.6
      62.65/62.68      
12 05 41 00 32 01 30   243.55 2594 A/Co.7
      121.70/121.58      
13 04 00 00 30 54 00   365.25 2545 A/Co.8  
      159.40        
14 01 38 00 29 42 00   524.65 2730 A/Co.9  
      14.20        
15 01 24 30 29 37 30   538.85 2700 A/Co.10  
      65.10        
16 00 30 00 29 02 15   603.95 2324 A/Co.11  
      24.20        
17 00 08 30 28 51 15   628.15 2304 A/Co.12  
  LATITUDE NORTH   17.00        
18 00 08 30 28 49 30   645.15 2301 A/Co.13  
      14.25        
19 00 20 00 28 41 00   659.40 1940 A/Co.14  
      18.25        
20 00 38 00 28 38 00   677.65 2083 A/Co.15  
      5.65        
21 00 43 15 28 40 00   683.30 2116 A/Co.16  
      15.95        
22 00 57 38 28 33 25   699.25 1400 A/Co.17  
      8.40        
23 01 05 52 28 31 18   707.65 1975 A/Co.18  
      7.95/7.70        
24 01 11 00 28 25 30   715.60 1893 A/Co.19  
      55.35        
25 02 03 00 28 06 30   770.95 1896 A/Co.20  
      42.80/42.83        
26 02 31 30 27 34 45   813.75 1980 A/Co.21  
      40.70        
27 03 11 30 27 27 30   854.45 2100 A/Co.22  
      18.50        
28 03 30 00 27 27 30   872.95 2225 A/Co.23  
      57.80        
29 04 20 00 26 58 30   930.75 2296 A/Co.24  
      27.20/27.14        
30 04 40 00 26 40 15   957.95 2380 A/Co.25  
      34.90/34.80        
31 05 11 30 26 25 30   992.85 2430 A/Co.26  
      20.50        
32 05 32 00 26 25 15   1013.35 2395 A/Co.27  
      46.90        
33 06 14 30 26 05 30   1060.25 2340 A/Co.28  
      25.55        
34 06 31 15 25 46 15   1085.80 2330 A/Co.29  
      46.80        
35 07 15 00 25 29 30   1132.60 2520 A/Co.30  
      154.15       End of cable lay 1 is at 1242 nm approx
36 09 33 00 24 20 30   1286.75 2890 A/Co.31
      22.05/22.00      
37 09 46 30 24 03 00   1308.80 2888 A/Co.32  
      35.15        
38 10 21 30 23 59 30   1343.95 2895 A/Co.33  
      92.45/92.41        
39 11 37 00 23 05 30   1436.40 2794 A/Co.34  
      206.90/206.60        
40 14 44 40 21 37 30   1643.30 2283 A/Co.35  
      18.70/18.39        
41 14 51 00 21 19 30   1662.00 2350 A/Co.36  
      191.90        
42 18 00 00 20 45 00   1853.90 1630 A/Co.37  
      123.85        
43 20 03 00 20 30 00   1977.75 2014 A/Co.38  
      29.05        
44 20 27 30 20 13 30   2006.80 2052 A/Co.39  
      208.30/205.35        
45 23 34 00/23 30 00 18 34 00/18 32 00   2215.10 1624 A/Co.40  
      63.40/73.33        
46 24 06 45/24 15 30 17 35 00/17 30 00   2278.50 1140 A/Co.41  
      127.80/117.93        
47 26 00 00 16 30 00   2406.30 1874 A/Co.42  
      105.55        
48 27 22 00 15 16 00   2511.85 1500 A/Co.43  
      13.00        
49 27 35 00 15 16 00   2524.85 1165 A/Co.44  
      9.03/9.00        
50 27 43 38 15 18 52   2533.88 500 LW/B  
      3.28/3.30        
51 27 46 44 15 19 55   2537.16 100 B/E  
      0.39/0.40        
52 27 47 11 15 20 05   2537.55 85 A/Co.45  
      4.64/4.65        
53 27 50 44 15 23 19   2542.19 10 E/"EB" "EB" is cable type EB Screened
      0.71/0.70      
54 27 51 18 15 23 49   2542.90 0 Beach Joint  

 

SEA EARTH POSITIONS
Position Number Latitude deg/min/secs Longitude deg/min/secs Distance Between Positions Cumulative Distance (n/ms) Position etc
RECIFE          
1 08 08 08S 34 53 55W   0 BEACH JOINT
      o.70      
2 08 08 43S 34 53 32W   0.70 SEA EARTH
ARINAGA          
1 27 51 18N 15 23 49W   0 BEACH JOINT
      0.63      
2 27 50 43N 15 23 32W   0.63 SEA EARTH

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