Monday, 21 October 2024

The 2019 Multiple Mass Dolphin Strandings in Iceland

2019, May 26. North Atlantic Ocean. Airburst. 56.6N, 25.3W. Time: 10:07. e = 0.14. 822 km from S.W Iceland. Altitude: 24.4 km. Velocity 17.5 km/s. 900km south of evets below.

2019, July 18. Iceland, Snaefellsnes Peninsula in western Iceland. 50 long-finned pilot whales on the shore. Concentrated in one spot and are thought to have swum ashore at the same time. Were half buried in sand, some might have been totaly buried so numbers could have been much higher.

2019, August 3, Iceland, Southwest Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, Beach at Garður. 3 weeks after first one. 50 to 70 Black Dolphins. 30 returned to sea.

(Supplied: David Schwarzhans via AP)  
2019 Airburst and Stranding

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