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Iceland

HW-MN0103163 – Residency

22nd sighting in Iceland
Fluke of HW-MN0103163
HW-MN0103163 Confirmed in the catalog @98272
Apr 10 – Nov 6, 2023 · Iceland

Iceland · Apr – Nov 2023

28 m
Deepest dive
1:34
Longest dive
190
Dives
Sightings
18
Days between first and last sighting
210

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 10, 202326 m5.0°C23 m
Apr 23, 202326 m6.7°C22 m
Apr 24, 202326 m6.8°C21 m
Apr 25, 202326 m6.8°C24 m
Apr 26, 202326 m6.8°C19 m
Apr 30, 202334 m6.6°C28 m
May 26, 202326 m7.0°C22 m
May 29, 202326 m8.0°C22 m
Jul 1, 202326 m10.1°C23 m
Jul 3, 202326 m10.3°C16 m
Jul 5, 202326 m9.7°C23 m
Jul 8, 202328 m10.2°C20 m
Jul 8, 202320 m10.4°C15 m
Jul 9, 202326 m11.4°C23 m
Jul 10, 202326 m11.8°C24 m
Jul 11, 202326 m12.0°C22 m
Sep 18, 202326 m10.9°C16 m
Nov 6, 202334 m8.0°C28 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 10, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Apr 10Apr 23, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Apr 24, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Apr 25, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Apr 25Apr 26, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Apr 30, 2023 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)May 26, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)May 26May 29, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jul 1, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jul 3, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Jul 3Jul 5, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jul 8, 2023 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Jul 8, 2023 — seafloor 20 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 9, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jul 10, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jul 11, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jul 11Sep 18, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Nov 6, 2023 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)

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

Dives

28 m
Deepest dive
1:34
Longest dive
190
Dives
12 m
Avg dive depth
18
Sightings
210
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255028 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (34 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 · Apr 30, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
34 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.6°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 18 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
20 m – 34 m
Sea-surface temperature
5.0°C – 12.0°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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 18 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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