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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Vulture – Residency

3rd sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of Vulture
Vulture Confirmed in the catalog @6610
Jun 16 – Jul 10, 2017 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof · Jun – Jul 2017

142 m
Deepest dive
4:05
Longest dive
23
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
24

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 16, 2017131 m10.7°C79 m
Jul 10, 2017492 m10.3°C142 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 16, 2017 — seafloor 131 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Jun 16Jul 10, 2017 — seafloor 492 m (measured), deepest dive 142 m (modelled)Jul 10

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

Dives

142 m
Deepest dive
4:05
Longest dive
23
Dives
39 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
24
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150142 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (492 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 10, 2017

measured
Seafloor depth
492 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.3°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
131 m – 492 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.3°C – 10.7°C
Distance from shore
5.0 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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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