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Iceland

Shadow – Residency

17th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Shadow
Shadow Confirmed in the catalog @48254
Jul 1 – 16, 2021 · Iceland

Iceland · Jul 2021

140 m
Deepest dive
3:52
Longest dive
125
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
15

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 1, 202155 m8.7°C42 m
Jul 6, 2021167 m10.6°C44 m
Jul 8, 2021167 m11.3°C140 m
Jul 12, 2021167 m11.1°C29 m
Jul 14, 202155 m11.1°C50 m
Jul 15, 2021102 m10.7°C89 m
Jul 15, 202151 m10.7°C15 m
Jul 16, 202159 m10.3°C52 m
Jul 16, 2021185 m10.3°C103 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 1, 2021 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jul 1Jul 6, 2021 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 6Jul 8, 2021 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 140 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 12, 2021 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 14, 2021 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jul 14Jul 15, 2021 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 15, 2021 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 16, 2021 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jul 16Jul 16, 2021 — seafloor 185 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Jul 16

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

Dives

140 m
Deepest dive
3:52
Longest dive
125
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
15
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150140 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (167 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 · Jul 8, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
167 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.3°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
51 m – 185 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.7°C – 11.3°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 10.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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