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Iceland

Saxophone – Residency

21st sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Saxophone
Saxophone Confirmed in the catalog @56684
Aug 21 – Oct 15, 2023 · Iceland

Iceland · Aug – Oct 2023

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
Sightings
19
Days between first and last sighting
55

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 21, 2023-0 m——
Sep 4, 2023-0 m——
Sep 5, 2023-0 m——
Sep 6, 2023-0 m——
Sep 7, 2023-0 m——
Sep 9, 2023-0 m——
Sep 11, 2023-0 m——
Sep 12, 2023-0 m——
Sep 13, 2023-0 m——
Sep 14, 2023-0 m——
Sep 15, 2023-0 m——
Sep 16, 2023-0 m——
Oct 1, 2023-0 m——
Oct 5, 2023-0 m——
Oct 6, 2023-0 m——
Oct 7, 2023-0 m——
Oct 9, 2023-0 m——
Oct 11, 2023-0 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 21, 2023 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 21Sep 4, 2023 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 5, 2023 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 6, 2023 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 7, 2023 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 7Sep 9, 2023 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 11, 2023 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 12, 2023 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 13, 2023 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 13Sep 14, 2023 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 15, 2023 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 16, 2023 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Oct 1, 2023 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Oct 1Oct 5, 2023 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Oct 6, 2023 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Oct 7, 2023 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Oct 9, 2023 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Oct 9Oct 11, 2023 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Oct 15, 2023 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)

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

Dives

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
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Avg dive depth
19
Sightings
55
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
02550startdive sequence (illustrative)

Modelled from the published dive-behaviour distribution. 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 · Oct 15, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
-0 m
Sea-surface temperature
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Distance from shore
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Across the residency · 19 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-0 m
Sea-surface temperature
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Distance from shore
1.0 km – 2.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 19 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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