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Iceland

Gears – Residency

8th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Gears
Gears Confirmed in the catalog @24916
Jun 3 – Aug 12, 2021 · Iceland

Iceland · Jun – Aug 2021

34 m
Deepest dive
1:53
Longest dive
15
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
70

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 3, 202192 m—26 m
Aug 12, 2021109 m—34 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 3, 2021 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Jun 3Aug 12, 2021 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 12

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

Dives

34 m
Deepest dive
1:53
Longest dive
15
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
70
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255034 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (109 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 12, 2021

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

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
92 m – 109 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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