Loggerhead sea turtle migration route
11 Loggerhead sea turtle tracks from animals tagged in Open Mediterranean Sea. Pick one and press play to draw its route day by day.
- Scientific name
- Caretta caretta
- Tagged in
- Open Mediterranean Sea
- Years recorded
- 2016 to 2018
- Animals on this page
- 11
Drawing the map.
Records by animal
| Animal | Recorded | Days | Distance | Longest day | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 244 | 2016-11-04 ~ 2017-06-06 | 157 | 3,093 km | 53 km | 1: Italy |
| 243 | 2016-10-14 ~ 2017-04-25 | 130 | 3,142 km | 47 km | None (at sea) |
| 245 | 2016-11-05 ~ 2017-04-26 | 115 | 2,393 km | 43 km | None (at sea) |
| 242 | 2016-11-17 ~ 2017-07-30 | 112 | 1,887 km | 40 km | None (at sea) |
| SZN140 | 2018-07-09 ~ 2018-11-01 | 111 | 1,409 km | 38 km | None (at sea) |
| 241 | 2016-11-15 ~ 2017-04-29 | 83 | 2,425 km | 49 km | None (at sea) |
| S248 | 2017-06-09 ~ 2017-07-26 | 47 | 523 km | 24 km | None (at sea) |
| S250 | 2017-06-09 ~ 2017-07-14 | 27 | 530 km | 57 km | None (at sea) |
| S247 | 2017-06-13 ~ 2017-07-08 | 23 | 783 km | 45 km | None (at sea) |
| S249 | 2017-06-09 ~ 2017-07-01 | 17 | 783 km | 88 km | None (at sea) |
| S246 | 2017-06-09 ~ 2017-06-14 | 5 | 98 km | 34 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)
Hochscheid S. 2020. Data from: Study "Satellite Tracking of Oceanic Loggerhead Turtles in the Mediterranean". Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.1f1h87r8
License: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
Original data (DOI): doi:10.5441/001/1.1f1h87r8
We reduced the original data to one point per day and removed points that jump away from the days around them.