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Iceland

Dark Knight – Residency

16th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Dark Knight
Dark Knight Confirmed in the catalog @25082
Aug 7 – 13, 2022 · Iceland

Iceland · Aug 2022

100 m
Deepest dive
4:22
Longest dive
107
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
6
Deepest dive on record
100 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 7, 2022109 m9.4°C80 m
Aug 8, 2022109 m9.7°C65 m
Aug 8, 2022104 m9.7°C91 m
Aug 10, 2022109 m9.7°C62 m
Aug 11, 2022109 m9.4°C100 m
Aug 12, 2022109 m9.3°C41 m
Aug 13, 2022109 m9.4°C74 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 7, 2022 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 8, 2022 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Aug 8Aug 8, 2022 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Aug 8Aug 10, 2022 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Aug 10Aug 11, 2022 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Aug 11Aug 12, 2022 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Aug 12Aug 13, 2022 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Aug 13

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

Dives

100 m
Deepest dive
4:22
Longest dive
107
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
6
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150100 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 11, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
109 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.4°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
104 m – 109 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.3°C – 9.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 3.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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