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Iceland

Drogon – Residency

36th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Drogon
Drogon Confirmed in the catalog @37706
Sep 23, 2023 – Feb 11, 2024 · Iceland

Iceland · Sep 2023 – Feb 2024

88 m
Deepest dive
4:07
Longest dive
118
Dives
Sightings
13
Days between first and last sighting
141

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 23, 202380 m7.9°C46 m
Sep 29, 202359 m7.6°C20 m
Sep 29, 202352 m7.5°C38 m
Sep 30, 202380 m7.6°C39 m
Oct 7, 202348 m6.3°C38 m
Oct 22, 202355 m6.6°C24 m
Oct 29, 202380 m5.9°C68 m
Nov 13, 2023109 m5.5°C35 m
Jan 1, 202463 m4.6°C53 m
Jan 1, 202480 m4.6°C44 m
Jan 1, 202499 m4.5°C88 m
Jan 2, 202480 m4.5°C48 m
Feb 11, 2024109 m4.2°C47 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 23, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Sep 23Sep 29, 2023 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Sep 29, 2023 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 30, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Sep 30Oct 7, 2023 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Oct 22, 2023 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Oct 29, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Oct 29Nov 13, 2023 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jan 1, 2024 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jan 1, 2024 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jan 1Jan 1, 2024 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Jan 2, 2024 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Feb 11, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Feb 11

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

Dives

88 m
Deepest dive
4:07
Longest dive
118
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
13
Sightings
141
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010088 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (99 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 · Jan 1, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
99 m
Sea-surface temperature
4.5°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 13 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
48 m – 109 m
Sea-surface temperature
4.2°C – 7.9°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 13 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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