Cape Verde Mass Dolphin Stranding Incidents of 2007 and 2019

2007 Incident.

2007, February 2. North Atlantic. Large Airburst. Time: 12:48pm. Coordinates: (24, -37.2). e = 34, -e = 0.89 or 890,000 kg/TNT. Altitude: 35.5 km. Velocity: NA. Note: 1731km N.W of Cape Verde Islands.

On 17-19 November 2007, Cape Verde Islands western Boavista, Equatorial Atlantic. Melon-headed whales (Peponocephala electra). Concerning 265 and 70 animals two mass stranding events respectively.

2019 Incident.

2019, May 22. Equatorial Atlantic. Airburst. Coordinates: (10.8, -37.3). Time: 15:16. e = 9.5, -e = 0.29 or 290,000 kg/TNT. 1660km W.S.W of Cape Verde Islands.

2019, September 12. Atlantic. Airburst. Coordinates: ( 24.9, -47.8). Time: 02:34. e = 5.9, -e = 0.19 or 190,000 kg/TNT. Altitude: 30.6 km. Velocity: 17.2 km/s. 2700Km W.N.W of Cape Verde Islands.

2019, September 24. Cape Verde, Eastern side of Boa Vista Island, Portuguese colony, Equatorial Atlantic. A total of 163 melon-headed dolphins (Peponocephala electra) were stranded in the shallow waters at around 6am. Over 100 died. The dolphins included adults, juveniles and calves. There was no evidence of Naval Sonar being responsible for these strandings.

Note: 3 days after the above stranding event. Note: 1200km N.W of Cape Verde Islands.

2019, September 27. Equatorial Atlantic. Coordinates: (25.7, -28.4). Time: 13:35. e = 3.4, -e = 0.12, or 120,000 kg/TNT.  

2019 Cape Verde

2007 Cape Verde