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Iceland

Modulow – Residency

22nd sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Modulow
Modulow Confirmed in the catalog @38376
May 4 – 17, 2023 · Iceland

Iceland · May 2023

138 m
Deepest dive
5:02
Longest dive
52
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
13
Deepest dive on record
138 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 4, 2023199 m—138 m
May 6, 2023166 m—95 m
May 6, 2023149 m—68 m
May 7, 2023165 m—42 m
May 11, 2023140 m—90 m
May 13, 2023182 m—111 m
May 17, 2023111 m—56 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 4, 2023 — seafloor 199 m (measured), deepest dive 138 m (modelled)May 4May 6, 2023 — seafloor 166 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)May 6May 6, 2023 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)May 6May 7, 2023 — seafloor 165 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)May 7May 11, 2023 — seafloor 140 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)May 11May 13, 2023 — seafloor 182 m (measured), deepest dive 111 m (modelled)May 13May 17, 2023 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)May 17

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

Dives

138 m
Deepest dive
5:02
Longest dive
52
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
13
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150138 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (199 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 · May 4, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
199 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
111 m – 199 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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