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Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) is the marine animal followed in the study “Starlight · Loggerhead (STC satellite track)”. Positions come from a satellite tag. The newest published position was recorded 25 Oct 2026, 9:05 pm. Released by Sea Turtle Conservancy. This is a published observation, not a live location.

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Satellite photograph centred on the latest published position of this Loggerhead.
Satellite photograph of the latest published position. Imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, and the GIS User Community.
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Starlight · Loggerhead (STC satellite track): 14 newly observed reports.

Movement summary

Window 3 Aug 2026, 1:00 am → 25 Oct 2026, 9:05 pm · 86 accepted reports · algorithm movement-summary/1.0.0

Reported-position distance
651 km
Segments / gaps
1 / 0
Longest gap
not available
Median interval
23.8 h
Fastest segment
2.3 km/h between reports
Flagged for review · 86 flags
  • source qc · 86 flags across 86 reports
    Source QC flags: stc_icon:start.

Deployments

TagTechnologyStartedEndedStatusReports
satellite argossatellite_argos3 Aug 2026, 1:00 am25 Oct 2026, 9:05 pmReporting86

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References

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

Generated 26 Oct 2026, 11:40 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.