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Iceland

Starling – Residency

14th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Starling
Starling Confirmed in the catalog @58819
Apr 21 – Jul 2, 2025 · Iceland

Iceland · Apr – Jul 2025

129 m
Deepest dive
5:42
Longest dive
49
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
72

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 21, 202580 m—49 m
May 6, 2025165 m—129 m
May 7, 2025149 m—114 m
May 8, 2025149 m—125 m
Jun 30, 2025149 m—46 m
Jul 2, 202556 m—34 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 21, 2025 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Apr 21May 6, 2025 — seafloor 165 m (measured), deepest dive 129 m (modelled)May 6May 7, 2025 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 114 m (modelled)May 7May 8, 2025 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 125 m (modelled)May 8Jun 30, 2025 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 2, 2025 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jul 2

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

Dives

129 m
Deepest dive
5:42
Longest dive
49
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
72
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150129 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (165 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 6, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
165 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
56 m – 165 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 6.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 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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