Sparkle

Hawksbill

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Hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) is the marine animal followed in the study “Sparkle · Hawksbill (STC satellite track)”. Positions come from a satellite tag. The newest published position was recorded 26 Oct 2026, 3:02 am. Released by Sea Turtle Conservancy. This is a published observation, not a live location.

Finding a photograph…

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

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Tamara's note

Sparkle · Hawksbill (STC satellite track): 14 newly observed reports.

Movement summary

Window 6 Aug 2024, 6:11 pm → 26 Oct 2026, 3:02 am · 800 accepted reports · algorithm movement-summary/1.0.0

Reported-position distance: 10,300 km
Segments / gaps: 1 / 0
Longest gap: not available
Median interval: 24 h
Fastest segment: 4.8 km/h between reports

Flagged for review · 800 flags

source qc · 800 flags across 800 reports
Source QC flags: stc_icon:current.

Deployments

Tag	Technology	Started	Ended	Status	Reports
satellite argos	satellite_argos	23 July 2024, 1:30 am	26 Oct 2026, 3:02 am	Reporting	800

Planet Journal

Released reports

Sparkle · Hawksbill (STC satellite track)

Sparkle · Hawksbill (STC satellite track): 14 newly observed reports.

Published 26 Oct 2026, 9:35 am · evidence checked 26 Oct 2026, 9:35 am

Released reports

Sparkle · Hawksbill (STC satellite track)

Sparkle · Hawksbill (STC satellite track): 14 newly observed reports.

Published 26 Oct 2026, 9:07 am · evidence checked 26 Oct 2026, 9:07 am

References

Sparkle — Sea Turtle Conservancy satellite tracking (stc.mapotic.com). Data courtesy of the Sea Turtle Conservancy. link

Generated 26 Oct 2026, 11:43 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.