IDSea

Leatherback

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Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) is the marine animal followed in the study “IDSea · Leatherback (STC satellite track)”. Positions come from a satellite tag. The newest published position was recorded 25 Oct 2026, 6:58 pm. 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 Leatherback. — Satellite photograph of the latest published position. Imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, and the GIS User Community.

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IDSea · Leatherback (STC satellite track): 14 newly observed reports.

Movement summary

Window 9 May 2026, 6:22 pm → 25 Oct 2026, 6:58 pm · 170 accepted reports · algorithm movement-summary/1.0.0

Reported-position distance: 7,483 km
Segments / gaps: 1 / 0
Longest gap: not available
Median interval: 23.8 h
Fastest segment: 6.2 km/h between reports

Flagged for review · 170 flags

source qc · 170 flags across 170 reports
Source QC flags: stc_icon:start.

Deployments

Tag	Technology	Started	Ended	Status	Reports
satellite argos	satellite_argos	9 May 2026, 6:22 pm	25 Oct 2026, 6:58 pm	Reporting	170

Planet Journal

Released reports

IDSea · Leatherback (STC satellite track)

IDSea · Leatherback (STC satellite track): 14 newly observed reports.

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

Released reports

IDSea · Leatherback (STC satellite track)

IDSea · Leatherback (STC satellite track): 14 newly observed reports.

Published 26 Oct 2026, 9:08 am · evidence checked 26 Oct 2026, 9:08 am

References

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

Generated 26 Oct 2026, 11:41 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.