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Iceland

HW-MN0101577 – Residency

4th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of HW-MN0101577
HW-MN0101577 Confirmed in the catalog @25390
Jul 25 – 31, 2025 · Iceland

Iceland · Jul 2025

39 m
Deepest dive
2:11
Longest dive
37
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
7

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 25, 202525 m12.1°C21 m
Jul 31, 202553 m11.8°C39 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 25, 2025 — seafloor 25 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Jul 25Jul 31, 2025 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jul 31

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

Dives

39 m
Deepest dive
2:11
Longest dive
37
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
7
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255039 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (53 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 · Jul 31, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
53 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.8°C
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
25 m – 53 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.8°C – 12.1°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km – 13.0 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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