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Iceland

Drogon – Residency

47th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Drogon
Drogon Confirmed in the catalog @37706
Sep 23 – Nov 24, 2024 · Iceland

Iceland · Sep – Nov 2024

93 m
Deepest dive
3:37
Longest dive
114
Dives
Sightings
11
Days between first and last sighting
62
Deepest dive on record
93 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 23, 2024109 m4.4°C93 m
Sep 23, 2024109 m4.4°C73 m
Sep 29, 202454 m4.8°C20 m
Oct 12, 2024109 m3.9°C77 m
Oct 16, 2024109 m4.3°C67 m
Oct 17, 2024109 m4.1°C41 m
Oct 18, 2024109 m4.0°C50 m
Oct 26, 2024109 m3.9°C46 m
Nov 9, 2024109 m3.4°C36 m
Nov 23, 2024109 m3.2°C71 m
Nov 24, 2024109 m2.9°C91 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, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Sep 23Sep 23, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Sep 23Sep 29, 2024 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Sep 29Oct 12, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Oct 12Oct 16, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Oct 16Oct 17, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Oct 17Oct 18, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Oct 18Oct 26, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Oct 26Nov 9, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Nov 9Nov 23, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Nov 23Nov 24, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Nov 24

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

Dives

93 m
Deepest dive
3:37
Longest dive
114
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
11
Sightings
62
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010093 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (109 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 · Sep 23, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
109 m
Sea-surface temperature
4.4°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 11 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
54 m – 109 m
Sea-surface temperature
2.9°C – 4.8°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 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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