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Iceland

HW-MN0102485 – Residency

51st sighting in Iceland
Fluke of HW-MN0102485
HW-MN0102485 Confirmed in the catalog @73404
Apr 24 – Sep 13, 2023 · Iceland

Iceland · Apr – Sep 2023

38 m
Deepest dive
1:31
Longest dive
115
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
142

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 24, 202326 m6.8°C24 m
Jun 15, 202326 m9.6°C20 m
Jun 18, 202326 m9.9°C20 m
Jun 19, 202326 m9.8°C21 m
Jun 19, 202326 m9.8°C19 m
Jul 2, 202326 m10.1°C22 m
Jul 7, 202326 m10.3°C24 m
Jul 8, 202342 m10.1°C38 m
Sep 13, 202326 m11.3°C22 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 24, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Apr 24Jun 15, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Jun 15Jun 18, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Jun 18Jun 19, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Jun 19Jun 19, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Jun 19Jul 2, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jul 2Jul 7, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 8, 2023 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jul 8Sep 13, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Sep 13

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

Dives

38 m
Deepest dive
1:31
Longest dive
115
Dives
14 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
142
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255038 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (42 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, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.1°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
26 m – 42 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.8°C – 11.3°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km – 13.0 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.

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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