Humpback whale migration route
12 Humpback whale tracks from animals tagged in Australia's east coast humpback whales, satellite tags. Pick one and press play to draw its route day by day.
- Scientific name
- Megaptera novaeangliae
- Tagged in
- Australia's east coast humpback whales, satellite tags
- Years recorded
- 2008 to 2011
- Animals on this page
- 12 (of 50 in the dataset, longest records first)
Drawing the map.
Records by animal
| Animal | Recorded | Days | Distance | Longest day | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88741 | 2008-11-02 ~ 2009-04-04 | 152 | 7,498 km | 165 km | None (at sea) |
| 98129 | 2010-10-16 ~ 2011-01-29 | 103 | 6,149 km | 147 km | 1: Australia |
| 88729 | 2008-10-29 ~ 2009-02-03 | 97 | 5,794 km | 168 km | None (at sea) |
| 96386 | 2010-03-01 ~ 2010-05-31 | 92 | 3,433 km | 140 km | None (at sea) |
| 88728 | 2008-11-02 ~ 2009-02-01 | 91 | 5,154 km | 133 km | None (at sea) |
| 88718 | 2008-10-26 ~ 2009-01-24 | 90 | 4,746 km | 176 km | None (at sea) |
| 88723 | 2008-10-25 ~ 2009-01-13 | 80 | 5,170 km | 189 km | None (at sea) |
| 88725 | 2008-10-26 ~ 2009-01-13 | 79 | 3,942 km | 181 km | None (at sea) |
| 98100 | 2010-10-14 ~ 2011-07-27 | 71 | 6,828 km | 182 km | 1: Australia |
| 88738 | 2008-10-28 ~ 2008-12-23 | 57 | 3,914 km | 189 km | None (at sea) |
| 88754 | 2009-06-29 ~ 2009-08-25 | 55 | 2,996 km | 138 km | None (at sea) |
| 64235 | 2010-10-14 ~ 2010-11-29 | 47 | 4,401 km | 240 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)
Andrews-Goff V, Gales N, Childerhouse SJ, Laverick SM, Polanowski AM, Double MC. 2023. Data from: Australia’s east coast humpback whales: satellite tag derived movements on breeding grounds, feeding grounds and along the northern and southern migration.. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.294
License: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
Original data (DOI): doi:10.5441/001/1.294
We reduced the original data to one point per day and removed points that jump away from the days around them.