Study of bathymetry in determining Nuclear Power Plant Site in Gosong Beach Waters, West Kalimantan
Abstract Gosong Beach waters are located in Bengkayang Regency West Kalimantan, where the water conditions are influenced by the South China Sea. This study aimed to determine the shape of the bottom morphology profile (bathymetry). The bottom morphology of the water was used as initial data to determine the location of nuclear sites in the study area. Bathymetry measurements were conducted using a single beam echosounder corrected by tidal data to determine the chart datum value, then used to correct sea depth for accuracy. The measurement of tidal data was conducted for 15 days in March 2021 with an interval of 1 hour. The results showed that the type of tidal obtained was mixed tide mixed with the double daily slope with Formzhal (F) value 0.77. The depth of the waters at the study site ranges from 0.9 to 8.45 meters. The average value of the coastal slope shows that spatially there are variations in the slope class with the percentage value ranging from 0.13 to 2.29% which is included in the classification of flat coastal slopes.