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Iceland

Morrigan – Residency

10th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Morrigan
Morrigan Confirmed in the catalog @105364
May 22 – Sep 23, 2023 · Iceland

Iceland · May – Sep 2023

123 m
Deepest dive
4:15
Longest dive
119
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
124

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 22, 202380 m6.2°C63 m
Jul 19, 2023175 m9.0°C123 m
Jul 20, 2023164 m9.0°C70 m
Jul 30, 202362 m8.6°C57 m
Aug 8, 2023182 m9.2°C42 m
Aug 21, 202359 m9.5°C25 m
Aug 27, 2023152 m10.1°C34 m
Sep 3, 2023114 m8.9°C65 m
Sep 4, 202380 m8.7°C73 m
Sep 23, 202380 m7.9°C72 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 22, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)May 22Jul 19, 2023 — seafloor 175 m (measured), deepest dive 123 m (modelled)Jul 19Jul 20, 2023 — seafloor 164 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Jul 20Jul 30, 2023 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 30Aug 8, 2023 — seafloor 182 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Aug 8Aug 21, 2023 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Aug 21Aug 27, 2023 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 27Sep 3, 2023 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Sep 3Sep 4, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 23, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Sep 23

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

Dives

123 m
Deepest dive
4:15
Longest dive
119
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
124
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150123 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (175 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 · Jul 19, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
175 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.0°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
59 m – 182 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.2°C – 10.1°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 9.0 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.

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