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Antarctic Peninsula

Churchil – Residency

7th sighting in Antarctic Peninsula
Fluke of Churchil
Churchil Confirmed in the catalog @15658
Dec 26, 2019 – Mar 12, 2020 · Antarctic Peninsula

Antarctic Peninsula · Dec 2019 – Mar 2020

160 m
Deepest dive
5:42
Longest dive
52
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
77

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 26, 2019141 m—118 m
Feb 2, 2020196 m—102 m
Mar 12, 2020315 m—160 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Dec 26, 2019 — seafloor 141 m (measured), deepest dive 118 m (modelled)Dec 26Feb 2, 2020 — seafloor 196 m (measured), deepest dive 102 m (modelled)Feb 2Mar 12, 2020 — seafloor 315 m (measured), deepest dive 160 m (modelled)Mar 12

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

Dives

160 m
Deepest dive
5:42
Longest dive
52
Dives
34 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
77
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200160 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (315 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 · Mar 12, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
315 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
141 m – 315 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 3.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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