Photo identification of blue whales photographed during the 2012 Blue whale voyages in the Bonney Upwelling, Australia

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

A spreadsheet detailing the filenames and sighting numbers (to link to visual observations) of the best left and/or right photos of blue whales photographed and individually identified during the blue whale voyages (2) in the Bonney Upwelling, 2012. The 'best' photos are also included as jpegs. See http://www.marinemammals.gov.au/sorp/antarctic-blue-whale-project/bonney-upwelling-acoustic-testing-expeditions and http://www.marinemammals.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/135617/SC-64-SH11.pdf for further detail regarding the blue whale voyages.

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Title Photo identification of blue whales photographed during the 2012 Blue whale voyages in the Bonney Upwelling, Australia
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/81fba9df-1778-42fd-ae76-35f23e8296ae
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 12/01/2012 - 25/01/2012
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        141.0,
        -39.5
      ],
      [
        143.0,
        -39.5
      ],
      [
        143.0,
        -38.0
      ],
      [
        141.0,
        -38.0
      ],
      [
        141.0,
        -39.5
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Photo identification of blue whales photographed during the 2012 Blue whale voyages in the Bonney Upwelling, Australia". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/photo-identification-of-blue-whales-photographed-during-the-2012-blue-whale-voyages-in-the-bonn