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Iceland

Dark Knight – Residency

18th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Dark Knight
Dark Knight Confirmed in the catalog @25082
May 6 – 8, 2023 · Iceland

Iceland · May 2023

51 m
Deepest dive
2:15
Longest dive
20
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
2

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 6, 202380 m5.1°C49 m
May 8, 202380 m4.9°C51 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 6, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)May 6May 8, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)May 8

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

Dives

51 m
Deepest dive
2:15
Longest dive
20
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
2
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010051 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (80 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 · May 8, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
80 m
Sea-surface temperature
4.9°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
80 m
Sea-surface temperature
4.9°C – 5.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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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