Location and movements of Caroline, tagged in Kinguere
Turtle Name: Caroline
Beach Kinguere (National Park Pongara)
Deployment coordinates
Lat: 0° 17,714' N
Long: 9° 18,224' E
Tag left
KUD08098
Tag right
KUD08095
Carapace Length
160 cm
Carapace width
110 cm
(Many shells on the back)
Transmitter
67974 / 10148 (antenna pointed backwards)
Hour of departure at sea
21h55
Team in Charge
WWF Gabon
Turtle´s Sponsor´s
CMS
WWF-Netherlands
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Caroline is an adult female leatherback sea turtle. She was encountered nesting on March 4, 2006, on Kinguere Beach in the Pongara National Park in Gabon. Caroline measured 160 cm in shell length and had many shells on her carapace. A harness with a satellite transmitter was applied after she finished nesting.
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