Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Mesoplodon grayi

  • Preferred Common name

    Gray's Beaked Whale

  • Date Identified

    /01/2023

  • Identified By

    Dr Erich M. Fitzgerald - Museums Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Skeleton (part), Form: Dry

  • Collected By

    Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

  • Sampling Method

    salvage

  • Date Visited From

    21/01/2023

  • Date Visited To

    21/01/2023

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Mammalogy

  • Collecting Areas

    Mammalogy

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Nearest Named Place

    Portland

  • Precise Location

    Portland, Hanlon Parade shoreline, opposite Manca Court

  • Latitude

    -38.3279

  • Longitude

    141.605

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Site Radius

    15

  • Georeference Source

    Google Earth

  • Georeference Protocol

    Estimation

  • Georeference Date

    2023-03-17T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Karen K. Roberts