DML Line BN
Line BN is a survey section heading north west from the Monach Islands (off North Uist, Scotland), to the shelf edge beyond St Kilda. The line comprises nine fixed STD/CTD stations, which were established as part of routine monitoring work on the Scottish continental shelf by Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory (DML). Line J was occupied between the mid 1970s and the late 1980s.
Nominal station details
DML Line BN: Monach Islands (Scotland) - St Kilda shelf edge (Scotland)
| Station | Nominal latitude | Nominal longitude | Approx.
depth (m) |
Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN1 | 57° 28.0' N | 07° 40.5' W | 38 | Monach Islands |
| BN2 | 57° 31.5' N | 07° 58.0' W | 50 | |
| BN3 | 57° 35.0' N | 08° 15.5' W | 115 | |
| BN4 | 57° 38.5' N | 08° 33.0' W | 145 | South of St Kilda |
| BN5 | 57° 42.0' N | 08° 50.5' W | 150 | South west of St Kilda |
| BN6 | 57° 45.5' N | 09° 08.0' W | 140 | |
| BN7 | 57° 48.0' N | 09° 21.0' W | 220 | |
| BN8 | 57° 50.5' N | 09° 34.0' W | 480 | |
| BN9 | 57° 53.5' N | 09° 48.0' W | 1150 |
