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Iceland

Sterre – Residency

10th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Sterre
Sterre Confirmed in the catalog @105363
Apr 13 – Aug 1, 2023 · Iceland

Iceland · Apr – Aug 2023

90 m
Deepest dive
3:23
Longest dive
134
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
110

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 13, 202326 m5.7°C20 m
May 7, 202326 m7.5°C18 m
May 31, 2023127 m6.5°C90 m
Jun 11, 2023124 m6.6°C63 m
Jun 13, 202380 m6.9°C64 m
Jul 8, 2023103 m9.7°C66 m
Jul 9, 20239 m9.5°C8 m
Jul 18, 202393 m8.8°C37 m
Jul 30, 202380 m8.7°C52 m
Aug 1, 202380 m8.7°C46 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 13, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Apr 13May 7, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)May 7May 31, 2023 — seafloor 127 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)May 31Jun 11, 2023 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Jun 11Jun 13, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jun 13Jul 8, 2023 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 9, 2023 — seafloor 9 m (measured), deepest dive 8 m (modelled)Jul 9Jul 18, 2023 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jul 18Jul 30, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jul 30Aug 1, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 1

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

90 m
Deepest dive
3:23
Longest dive
134
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
110
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010090 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (127 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · May 31, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
127 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.5°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
9 m – 127 m
Sea-surface temperature
5.7°C – 9.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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