Blue whale migration route
12 Blue whale tracks from animals tagged in Eastern North Pacific (1993 to 2008 data). Pick one and press play to draw its route day by day.
- Scientific name
- Balaenoptera musculus
- Tagged in
- Eastern North Pacific (1993 to 2008 data)
- Years recorded
- 1999 to 2009
- Animals on this page
- 12 (of 143 in the dataset, longest records first)
Drawing the map.
Records by animal
| Animal | Recorded | Days | Distance | Longest day | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007CA-Bmu-10836 | 2007-09-08 ~ 2008-05-15 | 84 | 3,941 km | 0 km | None (at sea) |
| 2007CA-Bmu-04174 | 2007-09-06 ~ 2008-05-05 | 78 | 6,711 km | 0 km | None (at sea) |
| 2008CR-Bmu-01388 | 2008-01-14 ~ 2008-05-10 | 78 | 3,659 km | 106 km | None (at sea) |
| 2008CR-Bmu-00846 | 2008-01-17 ~ 2008-07-17 | 77 | 7,324 km | 238 km | None (at sea) |
| 2008CA-Bmu-00825 | 2008-07-24 ~ 2009-04-08 | 76 | 10,012 km | 7 km | None (at sea) |
| 2008CA-Bmu-01386 | 2008-07-27 ~ 2009-01-23 | 71 | 6,274 km | 45 km | None (at sea) |
| 2008CA-Bmu-04176 | 2008-07-27 ~ 2009-03-06 | 56 | 9,617 km | 158 km | None (at sea) |
| 2004CA-Bmu-10843 | 2004-08-03 ~ 2004-12-21 | 55 | 4,413 km | 156 km | None (at sea) |
| 2006CA-Bmu-02083 | 2006-09-14 ~ 2007-06-18 | 55 | 10,426 km | 100 km | None (at sea) |
| 2005CA-Bmu-10821 | 2005-08-14 ~ 2006-01-12 | 50 | 5,682 km | 26 km | None (at sea) |
| 2008CA-Bmu-04177 | 2008-07-27 ~ 2008-10-22 | 46 | 2,464 km | 71 km | None (at sea) |
| 1999CA-Bmu-23043 | 1999-07-22 ~ 1999-12-15 | 45 | 5,765 km | 94 km | None (at sea) |
Distance adds up straight lines between one point per day. The real path was longer.
Countries are counted only where a daily point falls inside a border. Points at sea are not counted.
Red List status
We only show a status after a person has checked it on the IUCN site. Not checked yet.
Where this record comes from
Citation (as given)
Mate BR, Palacios DM, Irvine LM, Follett TM. 2019. Data from: Behavioural estimation of blue whale movements in the Northeast Pacific from state-space model analysis of satellite tracks. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.5ph88fk2
License: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
Original data (DOI): doi:10.5441/001/1.5ph88fk2
We reduced the original data to one point per day and removed points that jump away from the days around them.