Collection Details

Orca observations from the shores of Macquarie Island View list of biodiversity data collections

©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1990 Catalogue id 2194A6 Caption Voyage 9 Photographer Bain, Gordon

Collection Details

Custodian

AADC

Collection Acronym

ORCA-MI

Description

This dataset contains sporadic shore based observations of killer whales (Orcinus orca) from Macquarie Island from 1989 to 1998 (inclusive).

Domain

Marine

Taxa Groups

Whales,

List 1 taxa from this collection

Collection Status

Data collection complete

DiGIR Details

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Resource Code: -	orca
Resource Name: -	Orca observations from the shores of Macquarie Island
Keywords: -	Orcas, Orcinus orca,Macquarie Island, killer whales
Basis of Record: -	Observation

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Linked to the following Bioregions

Subantarctic Island - Macquarie Island

Data Details

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Spatial Coverage

54° 29' 04.6" S to 54° 46' 35.4" S	|	-54.4846° to -54.7765°
158° 47' 24.7" E to 158° 58' 40.1" E	|	158.7902° to 158.9778°

Date Range of Collection

28-Dec-1989 to 23-Jan-1998

Metadata

Orcas_observations_MI - Orca observations on Macquarie Island