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Iceland

161189 – Residency

2nd sighting in Iceland
Fluke of 161189
161189 Confirmed in the catalog @161189
Jun 16 – Jul 28, 2026 · Iceland

Iceland · Jun – Jul 2026

42 m
Deepest dive
1:52
Longest dive
18
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
42
Deepest dive on record
42 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 16, 202655 m10.7°C42 m
Jul 28, 202621 m11.6°C18 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 16, 2026 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jun 16Jul 28, 2026 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Jul 28

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

Dives

42 m
Deepest dive
1:52
Longest dive
18
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
42
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255042 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (55 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 · Jun 16, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
55 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.7°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
21 m – 55 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.7°C – 11.6°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km – 11.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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