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Globicephala macrorhynchus

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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 30 June 2014, 2:17 am. Released by Movebank. 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 Globicephala macrorhynchus.
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Tamara's note

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

Movement summary

Window 12 June 2014, 6:27 am → 30 June 2014, 2:17 am · 239 accepted reports · algorithm movement-summary/1.0.0

Reported-position distance
1,475 km
Segments / gaps
1 / 0
Longest gap
not available
Median interval
59 min
Fastest segment
3,792.5 km/h between reports
Flagged for review · 256 flags
  • source qc · 239 flags across 239 reports
    Source QC flags: sensor:argos-doppler-shift.
  • implausible displacement rate · 17 flags across 33 reports
    Displacement of 8 km in 0.3 h exceeds the review threshold; may reflect positioning uncertainty, assignment problems or an outlier.

Deployments

TagTechnologyStartedEndedStatusReports
satellite argossatellite_argos——Status unknown239

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

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