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Article: A Northernmost Record of Dwarf Sperm Whale (Kogia sima) (Owen, 1866) from the Faroe Islands
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- Aquatic Mammals
- Article date:
- April 1, 2009
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On 28 March 2008, a dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) was observed swimming in the vicinity of the village of Haraldsund, close to the embankment between Borðoy and Kunoy. The position of the locality is 62.27° N, -7.00° W, and with a depth of 20 to 25 m.
The dwarf sperm whale was first observed in the area at around noon in company with a larger (4 to 5 m) unidentified whale, which left the area at once. The dwarf sperm whale stayed in the shallow water area for the remainder of the daylight hours that day, but the next morning it had left. The whale was estimated to be around 2.5 m in length.
Local people were able to get good quality pictures of the whale from which the species could be ...