https://doi.org/10.82144/2b9d75fd https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/64 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/5136e139-312d-47d0-a665-dc8e6b351254 https://obis.org/dataset/5a804d4e-7393-46ff-971c-0beceba02086 Kate Arnold Kate Arnold Primary contact unknown@dummy.com Ben Maughan UK Hydrographic Office Primary contact Ben.Maughan@ukho.gov.uk OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Kate Arnold Kate Arnold Primary contact unknown@dummy.com owner Ben Maughan UK Hydrographic Office Primary contact Ben.Maughan@ukho.gov.uk owner 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: UK Royal Navy Dataset credits: United Kingdom Royal Navy Abstract: This dataset includes unclassified incidental sightings of cetaceans from the United Kingdom Royal Navy ships. The dataset is global in coverage. Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml Observation GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml Marine Biology Visual sighting N/A This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/64 Oceans -122.43 159.23 70.33 -74.65 1947-10-21 2003-03-31 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). genus Balaenoptera Baleen whales species Balaenoptera acutorostrata Common minke whale species Balaenoptera borealis Sei whale species Balaenoptera brydei Bryde's whale species Balaenoptera musculus Blue whale subspecies Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda Pygmy blue whale species Balaenoptera physalus Fin whale family Balaenopteridae Rorquals species Caperea marginata Pygmy right whale species Cephalorhynchus commersonii Commerson's dolphin order Cetacea Cetaceans family Delphinidae Dolphins species Delphinus delphis Short-beaked common dolphin species Eschrichtius robustus Gray whale genus Eubalaena right whales species Eubalaena australis Southern right whale genus Globicephala Pilot whales species Globicephala macrorhynchus Short-finned pilot whale species Globicephala melas Long-finned pilot whale species Grampus griseus Risso's dolphin genus Hyperoodon bottle-nosed whales species Hyperoodon planifrons Southern bottlenose whale species Kogia breviceps Pygmy sperm whale genus Lagenorhynchus White-beaked dolphins species Lagenorhynchus acutus Atlantic white-sided dolphin species Lagenorhynchus albirostris White-beaked dolphin species Lagenorhynchus australis Peale's dolphin species Lagenorhynchus cruciger Hourglass dolphin species Lagenorhynchus obscurus Dusky dolphin species Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback whale genus Mesoplodon Beaked whales species Orcinus orca Killer whale species Phocoena phocoena Harbor porpoise family Phocoenidae Porpoises species Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale species Pseudorca crassidens False killer whale species Sousa chinensis Chinese white dolphin genus Stenella Spinner dolphins species Stenella attenuata Pantropical spotted dolphin species Stenella clymene Clymene dolphin species Stenella coeruleoalba Striped dolphin species Stenella frontalis Atlantic spotted dolphin species Stenella longirostris Spinner dolphin species Tursiops truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin species Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's beaked whale The Royal Navy often operates in remote areas and the purpose of collecting this sort of data is to contribute to a better scientific understanding of cetacean distributions, breeding areas, migration routes, etc. By ensuring that Royal Navy personnel keep watch for cetaceans helps them to comply with current risk mitigation measures. continually Kate Arnold Kate Arnold Primary contact unknown@dummy.com Ben Maughan UK Hydrographic Office Primary contact Ben.Maughan@ukho.gov.uk NA NA NA Kate Arnold owner Ben Maughan owner NA zd_64 2025-07-31T14:03:40-04:00 dataset Maughan, B. and K. Arnold. 2010. UK Royal Navy Marine Mammal Observations. Version 2.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/2b9d75fd. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/64 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/64/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/64/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_64 zd_64 Maughan, Ben. 2003. United Kingdom Royal Navy Cetacean Sightings.