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Iceland

Wings – Residency

19th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Wings
Wings Confirmed in the catalog @37699
Sep 3 – Nov 17, 2023 · Iceland

Iceland · Sep – Nov 2023

136 m
Deepest dive
4:47
Longest dive
129
Dives
Sightings
11
Days between first and last sighting
75

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 3, 2023114 m8.9°C87 m
Sep 4, 202380 m8.7°C70 m
Sep 23, 202380 m7.9°C37 m
Oct 1, 2023113 m7.5°C73 m
Oct 5, 2023149 m6.9°C77 m
Oct 7, 2023149 m6.1°C136 m
Oct 7, 2023149 m6.1°C73 m
Oct 9, 2023167 m6.8°C50 m
Nov 15, 2023109 m5.6°C73 m
Nov 16, 2023109 m5.4°C80 m
Nov 17, 2023109 m5.2°C77 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 3, 2023 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Sep 3Sep 4, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 23, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Sep 23Oct 1, 2023 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Oct 1Oct 5, 2023 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Oct 5Oct 7, 2023 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 136 m (modelled)Oct 7Oct 7, 2023 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Oct 7Oct 9, 2023 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Oct 9Nov 15, 2023 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Nov 15Nov 16, 2023 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Nov 16Nov 17, 2023 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Nov 17

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

Dives

136 m
Deepest dive
4:47
Longest dive
129
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
11
Sightings
75
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150136 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (149 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 · Oct 7, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
149 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.1°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 11 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
80 m – 167 m
Sea-surface temperature
5.2°C – 8.9°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 7.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 11 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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