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Iceland

Shadow – Residency

8th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Shadow
Shadow Confirmed in the catalog @48254
Aug 2 – Sep 1, 2020 · Iceland

Iceland · Aug – Sep 2020

99 m
Deepest dive
4:07
Longest dive
64
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
30

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 2, 2020109 m8.5°C64 m
Aug 4, 2020109 m9.2°C55 m
Aug 18, 2020109 m9.9°C99 m
Aug 24, 2020109 m9.8°C95 m
Aug 25, 2020109 m9.8°C50 m
Aug 26, 2020109 m9.8°C45 m
Sep 1, 2020109 m9.6°C81 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 2, 2020 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Aug 2Aug 4, 2020 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 18, 2020 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Aug 18Aug 24, 2020 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Aug 24Aug 25, 2020 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Aug 25Aug 26, 2020 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 26Sep 1, 2020 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Sep 1

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

Dives

99 m
Deepest dive
4:07
Longest dive
64
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
30
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010099 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 · Aug 18, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
109 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.9°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
109 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.5°C – 9.9°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 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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