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Turtle Name: Ibonga
Deployment location
Beach Kinguere (National Park Pongara)
Deployment coordinates
Lat: 0° 16,843' N
Long: 9° 18,396' E
Tag left
KUD08099
Tag right
KUD03863 (relecture)
Carapace Length
163 cm
Carapace width
104 cm
Transmitter
67852 / 10121 (antenna pointing forward)
Hour of departure at sea
02h04
Team in Charge
WWF-Gabon
Turtle´s Sponsors
CMS
WWF-Netherlands
:::Remarks:::
Ibonga is an adult female leatherback sea turtle. She was encountered nesting on the morning of March 5, 2006, on Kinguere Beach in the Pongara National Park in Gabon. Ibonga measured 163 cm in shell length. A harness with a satellite transmitter was applied after she finished nesting.
Beach Kinguere (National Park Pongara)
Deployment coordinates
Lat: 0° 16,843' N
Long: 9° 18,396' E
Tag left
KUD08099
Tag right
KUD03863 (relecture)
Carapace Length
163 cm
Carapace width
104 cm
Transmitter
67852 / 10121 (antenna pointing forward)
Hour of departure at sea
02h04
Team in Charge
WWF-Gabon
Turtle´s Sponsors
CMS
WWF-Netherlands
:::Remarks:::
Ibonga is an adult female leatherback sea turtle. She was encountered nesting on the morning of March 5, 2006, on Kinguere Beach in the Pongara National Park in Gabon. Ibonga measured 163 cm in shell length. A harness with a satellite transmitter was applied after she finished nesting.
The leatherback turtle named Ibonga. Click to view an enlarged picture.
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