Skip to main content
Earth Water and Sky emblemEarth Water and Sky

GmTag085

Globicephala macrorhynchus

water

Globicephala macrorhynchus (Globicephala macrorhynchus) is the marine animal followed in the study “Short-finned pilot whales CRC NW Atlantic”. Positions come from a satellite tag. The newest published position was recorded 21 June 2014, 7:49 pm. Released by Movebank. The study is finished, so this is an archive, not a live location.

Finding a photograph…
Satellite photograph centred on the latest published position of this Globicephala macrorhynchus.
Satellite photograph of the latest published position. Imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, and the GIS User Community.
Replay on the globeSign in to follow

Tamara's note

Short-finned pilot whales CRC NW Atlantic: 4311 historical reports newly added to this application.

Movement summary

Window 15 May 2014, 9:27 am → 21 June 2014, 7:49 pm · 243 accepted reports · algorithm movement-summary/1.0.0

Reported-position distance
1,515 km
Segments / gaps
3 / 2
Longest gap
3.8 days
Median interval
55 min
Fastest segment
497 km/h between reports
Flagged for review · 253 flags
  • source qc · 243 flags across 243 reports
    Source QC flags: sensor:argos-doppler-shift.
  • implausible displacement rate · 10 flags across 20 reports
    Displacement of 7 km in 0.0 h exceeds the review threshold; may reflect positioning uncertainty, assignment problems or an outlier.

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

Deployments

TagTechnologyStartedEndedStatusReports
satellite argossatellite_argos——Status unknown243

Planet Journal

Journey available

Short-finned pilot whales CRC NW Atlantic

Short-finned pilot whales CRC NW Atlantic: 4311 historical reports newly added to this application.

Published 27 Oct 2026, 1:45 pm · evidence checked 27 Oct 2026, 1:45 pm

Journey available

Short-finned pilot whales CRC NW Atlantic

Short-finned pilot whales CRC NW Atlantic: 4311 historical reports newly added to this application.

Published 27 Oct 2026, 1:18 pm · evidence checked 27 Oct 2026, 1:18 pm

References

  1. Short-finned pilot whales CRC NW Atlantic (Movebank study 31575534) link · CC BY-NC 4.0

Generated 27 Oct 2026, 5:02 pm under publication policy policy:atn-erddap:default@1,policy:crossref:metadata@1,policy:gbif:default@1,policy:motus@1,policy:movebank:10135184@1,policy:movebank:1344681768@1,policy:movebank:1531481854@1,policy:movebank:17196801@1,policy:movebank:246511326@1,policy:movebank:3017348705@1,policy:movebank:3030282201@1,policy:movebank:3062819236@1,policy:movebank:31575534@1,policy:movebank:3267664208@1,policy:movebank:360546360@1,policy:movebank:363865056@1,policy:movebank:3792819345@1,policy:movebank:384868221@1,policy:movebank:384882516@1,policy:movebank:4247144513@1,policy:movebank:467034665@1,policy:movebank:4834784047@1,policy:movebank:5022396890@1,policy:movebank:5371230531@1,policy:movebank:5960106361@1,policy:movebank:691598094@1,policy:movebank:746910348@1,policy:movebank:8078203155@1,policy:movebank:default@1,policy:obis:default@1,policy:ocearch:default@1,policy:otn-geoserver:default@1,policy:stc:default@1.