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Iceland

Teardrop – Residency

5th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Teardrop
Teardrop Confirmed in the catalog @39295
Aug 20, 2026 · Iceland

Iceland · Aug 2026

68 m
Deepest dive
2:14
Longest dive
12
Dives
Sightings
1
Days between first and last sighting
Same day
Deepest dive on record
68 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 20, 2026104 m9.0°C68 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 20, 2026 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Aug 20

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

Dives

68 m
Deepest dive
2:14
Longest dive
12
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
1
Sightings
Same day
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010068 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (104 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 · Aug 20, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
104 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.0°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 1 catalogued encounter on Happywhale.

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