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Iceland

NA-6495 – Residency

35th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of NA-6495
NA-6495 Confirmed in the catalog @6714
Sep 29 – Dec 17, 2023 · Iceland

Iceland · Sep – Dec 2023

94 m
Deepest dive
4:13
Longest dive
72
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
79

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 29, 202359 m7.6°C45 m
Oct 8, 202380 m6.6°C72 m
Oct 21, 202386 m6.2°C48 m
Nov 10, 2023102 m5.3°C15 m
Dec 8, 2023109 m4.3°C94 m
Dec 17, 2023109 m4.5°C71 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 29, 2023 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 29Oct 8, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Oct 8Oct 21, 2023 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Oct 21Nov 10, 2023 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Nov 10Dec 8, 2023 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Dec 8Dec 17, 2023 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Dec 17

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

Dives

94 m
Deepest dive
4:13
Longest dive
72
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
79
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010094 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 · Dec 8, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
109 m
Sea-surface temperature
4.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
59 m – 109 m
Sea-surface temperature
4.3°C – 7.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 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 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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