WhaleNet The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research & Preservation and Release Date November 9, 2001

"Assateague" Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata)

[Maps and Data below]

Where is "Assateague"?

Data from "Assateague's" satellite tag -

• Position Data - latitude and longitude fixes.
• Reports on "Assateague"
• Data archive - for all the Satellite tag data from Assateague's tag go to WhaleNet's archives. Sort by thread and then scroll down and find Seal Data or Assateague.

Maps - Assateague's present and past locations. trackmap_Assateague128.html

• Tracking Map - Assateague's locations as of Dec. 8, 2001
  
• Tracking Map - More of Assateague's past locations
  
• Tracking Map - Close-up of Assateague's past locations
  

National Aquarium in Baltimore
The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research & Preservation

About "Assateague"

• Assateague's stranding history

• Fact Sheet #1 - Information About Hooded Seals

• Fact Sheet #2 - Information About Increasing Seal Populations in the Gulf of Maine

• Hooded Seal information from the Marine Mammal Stranding Center

• Map Generator Generate your own maps of any location.
• Distance Generator - Determine the distance and heading between any two fixes (latitude and longitude readings).
• Nation Data Buoy Center - access oceanographic data in real time.
• Ice formation images in Davis Strait.
• National Ice Center - Ice maps, NOAA.
• Ice/Sea Surface Temperature - Nice Image.
• Additional Maps and Maps Index

How Satellite tags work

• Movie of a satellite tag being attached to a seal
• Slide shows of seals being tagged and released

Lessons and Curriculum Connections

• Resources useful to teachers using satellite tag data with students