Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Megaptera novaeangliae

  • Author and date of publication

    Borowski, 1781

  • Preferred Common name

    Humpback Whale

  • Date Identified

    /02/2013

  • Identified By

    Dr Erich M. Fitzgerald - Museums Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Baleen, Form: Dry; Nature: Baleen, Form: frozen

  • Date of preparation

    26/09/2013

  • Collected By

    Max Strating - Museum Victoria

  • Sampling Method

    salvage

  • Date Visited From

    12/12/2012

  • Date Visited To

    12/12/2012

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Mammalogy

  • Collecting Areas

    Mammalogy

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Precise Location

    Venus Bay, 200 m W of No.5 beach ramp

  • Latitude

    -38.676

  • Longitude

    145.779

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    Google Earth

  • Georeference Protocol

    Estimated

  • Georeference Date

    2013-03-01T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Karen K. Roberts