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False killer whale

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False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) is the marine animal followed in the study “False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) location data from a satellite telemetry tag (ptt id 98364) deployed in the North Pacific Ocean from 2013-10-23 to 2014-02-23, deployment id 573c6646d76c5c52816a4b92”. Positions come from a satellite tag. The newest published position was recorded 2 Feb 2014, 1:12 pm. Released by IOOS Animal Telemetry Network (ERDDAP). The study is finished, so this is an archive, not a live location.

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Satellite photograph centred on the latest published position of this False killer whale. — Satellite photograph of the latest published position. Imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, and the GIS User Community.

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False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) location data from a satellite telemetry tag (ptt id 98364) deployed in the North Pacific Ocean from 2013-10-23 to 2014-02-23, deployment id 573c6646d76c5c52816a4b92: 800 historical reports newly added to this application.

Movement summary

Window 23 Oct 2013, 9:16 am → 2 Feb 2014, 1:12 pm · 800 accepted reports · algorithm movement-summary/1.0.0

Reported-position distance: 13,617 km
Segments / gaps: 4 / 3
Longest gap: 4.5 days
Median interval: 1.2 h
Fastest segment: 1,147.6 km/h between reports

Flagged for review · 999 flags

source qc · 800 flags across 800 reports
Source QC flags: type:User, qartod_time:4, qartod_speed:2, qartod_location:1, qartod_rollup:4.
application qc · 121 flags across 121 reports
Application QC flags: source_qc_fail, exclude_from_trail, user_entered_position, exclude_from_trail.
implausible displacement rate · 78 flags across 150 reports
Displacement of 29 km in 0.6 h exceeds the review threshold; may reflect positioning uncertainty, assignment problems or an outlier.

3 gap(s) longer than the 72 h gap rule; the route during each gap is unknown.

Deployments

Tag	Technology	Started	Ended	Status	Reports
satellite argos (Wildlife)	satellite_argos · NetCDF file created from position data obtained from Wildlife Computers API.	23 Oct 2013, 5:16 pm	23 Feb 2014, 10:30 am	Ended (per provider)	800

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False killer whale in the North Pacific Ocean, 2013–2014

800 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

Journey available

False killer whale in the North Pacific Ocean, 2013–2014

800 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

False killer whale in the North Pacific Ocean, 2013–2014

800 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.