HIGm0471

Short-finned pilot whale

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Short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) is the marine animal followed in the study “Short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) location data from a satellite telemetry tag (ptt id 85568) deployed in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, and the North Pacific Ocean from 2008-07-05 to 2008-08-02, deployment id 573a350d14a4da4c71749a32”. Positions come from a satellite tag. The newest published position was recorded 3 Aug 2008, 7:06 am. Released by IOOS Animal Telemetry Network (ERDDAP). The study is finished, so this is an archive, not a live location.

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Short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) location data from a satellite telemetry tag (ptt id 85568) deployed in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, and the North Pacific Ocean from 2008-07-05 to 2008-08-02, deployment id 573a350d14a4da4c71749a32: 396 historical reports newly added to this application.

Movement summary

Window 5 July 2008, 5:33 pm → 3 Aug 2008, 7:06 am · 396 accepted reports · algorithm movement-summary/1.0.0

Reported-position distance: 3,372 km
Segments / gaps: 1 / 0
Longest gap: not available
Median interval: 1.3 h
Fastest segment: 1,941.9 km/h between reports

Flagged for review · 444 flags

source qc · 396 flags across 396 reports
Source QC flags: type:Argos, qartod_time:1, qartod_speed:2, qartod_location:1, qartod_rollup:1.
implausible displacement rate · 24 flags across 46 reports
Displacement of 19 km in 0.3 h exceeds the review threshold; may reflect positioning uncertainty, assignment problems or an outlier.
application qc · 24 flags across 24 reports
Application QC flags: source_qc_fail, exclude_from_trail.

Deployments

Tag	Technology	Started	Ended	Status	Reports
satellite argos (Wildlife)	satellite_argos · NetCDF file created from position data obtained from Wildlife Computers API.	5 July 2008, 11:05 am	3 Aug 2008, 7:06 am	Ended (per provider)	396

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Short-finned pilot whale in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, and the North Pacific Ocean, 2008

396 older reports from this track are now in the archive. They were added here; they are not a fresh movement.

Published 27 Oct 2026, 7:59 am · evidence checked 27 Oct 2026, 7:59 am

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Short-finned pilot whale in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, and the North Pacific Ocean, 2008

396 older reports from this track are now in the archive. They were added here; they are not a fresh movement.

Published 27 Oct 2026, 7:29 am · evidence checked 27 Oct 2026, 7:29 am

Journey available

Short-finned pilot whale in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, and the North Pacific Ocean, 2008

396 older reports from this track are now in the archive. They were added here; they are not a fresh movement.

Published 27 Oct 2026, 7:29 am · evidence checked 27 Oct 2026, 7:29 am

References

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Generated 27 Oct 2026, 9:08 am under publication policy policy:atn-erddap:default@1,policy:crossref:metadata@1,policy:gbif:default@1,policy:motus@1,policy:obis:default@1,policy:ocearch:default@1,policy:otn-geoserver:default@1,policy:stc:default@1.