Barrow Island Flatback Turtle Tracking 2011-2012 (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Original provider: Pendoley Environmental Pty Ltd Dataset credits: Data provider West Australian Sea Turtle Satellite Tracking Project Originating data center Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT) Project partner Chevron Gorgon ProjectPendoley Environmental Pty Ltd Abstract: Flatback turtles are being tracked from Barrow Island as part of the environmental investigations underpinning Chevron's Gorgon LNG project based on the island. The first turtles to be satellite tracked in Western Australia were released from Barrow Island in 2005 and since 2006 flatback turtles have been tracked annually from Barrow.All proceeds from the adoption program for these animals are being donated to seaturtle.org This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.

Citation: Pendoley K. 2024. Barrow Island Flatback Turtle Tracking 2011-2012. 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP and originated from Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT; http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=695). https://doi.org/10.82144/d3639b35.

Published: October 08, 2025 at 03:22

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_1432_1deg