Orion (Salish Sea) @3311
Orion is known as BCX1251 in the Fisheries and Oceans Canada Humpback Whale Catalog, and from Cascadia Research Collective and collaborators. Also sighted as HW-MN0510053
Salish Sea · North Pacific
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Recent activity
Salish Sea · May 2026–Jun 2026 Jun 8, 2026 · Salish Sea 127 m deepest· 4:47 longest Salish Sea · Jun 2024–Sep 2024 Sep 5, 2024 · Salish Sea — deepest Salish Sea · Jun 2023–Aug 2023 Aug 30, 2023 · Salish Sea — deepest Salish Sea · Jun 2022–Sep 2022 Sep 25, 2022 · Salish Sea — deepest
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