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Iceland

Dark Knight – Residency

6th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Dark Knight
Dark Knight Confirmed in the catalog @25082
Aug 2 – Sep 21, 2016 · Iceland

Iceland · Aug – Sep 2016

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
50

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 2, 201680 m11.1°C—
Aug 3, 201680 m11.0°C—
Aug 6, 201680 m11.4°C—
Aug 12, 201680 m10.4°C—
Sep 9, 201680 m9.8°C—
Sep 21, 201657 m8.1°C—

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 2, 2016 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 2Aug 3, 2016 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 3Aug 6, 2016 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 6Aug 12, 2016 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 12Sep 9, 2016 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 9Sep 21, 2016 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 21

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

Dives

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
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Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
50
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
02550startdive sequence (illustrative)

Modelled from the published dive-behaviour distribution. 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 · Sep 21, 2016

measured
Seafloor depth
57 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.1°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
57 m – 80 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.1°C – 11.4°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 4.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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