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Iceland

Sterre – Residency

14th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Sterre
Sterre Confirmed in the catalog @105363
Jul 14 – Aug 5, 2024 · Iceland

Iceland · Jul – Aug 2024

74 m
Deepest dive
3:11
Longest dive
42
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
22

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 14, 202460 m9.2°C44 m
Jul 17, 202496 m8.6°C49 m
Aug 4, 202497 m8.7°C58 m
Aug 5, 202498 m8.7°C74 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 14, 2024 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 14Jul 17, 2024 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 17Aug 4, 2024 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 5, 2024 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Aug 5

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

Dives

74 m
Deepest dive
3:11
Longest dive
42
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
22
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010074 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (98 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 · Aug 5, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
98 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
60 m – 98 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.6°C – 9.2°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 3.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 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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