Ocean Ambassadors -- Tracking Turtles by Satellite

OCEAN AMBASSADORS

Tracking Results

Using satellite telemetry, this site tracks the green turtles of the Turtle Islands the border of Sabah, Malaysia and Tawi-Tawi, Philippines. The tracking results tell some very interesting stories about these endangered species' time around the islands and their migration.

The Turtle Islands are the first trans-frontier protected area for sea turtles in the world and Southeast Asia's single most important green turtle conservation area

Turtle Biology
Turtle Islands Heritage Protected Area
-- Philippine Turtle Islands
DENR Conservation Program in the Turtle Islands
-- How You Can Help
Turtle Threats
Satellite Tracking Our Turtles
Tracking Results
Project Contacts
Sources of Information
Feedback

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Interpreting the turtles' movements

The tracking data contain a lot of information. To get to all that information, we list the data in different formats:

Using only high quality ARGOS satellite locations, we plot the turtles' routes on maps.

Yumi's route based on good quality ARGOS satellite positions

We tabulate the raw satellite data so one can get an idea about the accuracy of the individual locations.

Tabulated good Yumi's quality ARGOS satellite positions

And we animate their movements so one can play with them in an interactive video.

Animation showing Yumi's movements

Playing the interactive animation gives you a feeling for the timing of the turtle's movements. Watch the data window as you see the turtle icon moving across each animation's map.

What could have happened to...
TRIXIE, ANITA and LAILA, YUMI, HANI

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