Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Sea Turtle Club is Tracking Two Turtles in 2009
As in past years, the Sea Turtle Conservation Bonaire Club (STCB) has attached tracking devices to two turtles found nesting in Bonaire’s waters, and now that the turtles are on their way home, the club is monitoring their locations.
The first turtle is “Doris,” and she is now 687 km (about 427 miles) away from Bonaire; she has continued swimming in a southwesterly direction along the coast of Colombia and is traveling only 12 km (about 7.5 miles) away from shore. Her signals position her in front of Isla de Salamanca Natural National Park.
This Natural National Park has a surface area of 21000 km2 (over 13,000 square miles), a sea surface area of 300 km2 (about 186 square miles) and a shoreline length of 5 km (about three miles). It is an international natural site designated by UNESCO under the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, and a natural site is defined as an area of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science, conservation, or natural beauty.
The second turtle is “52049.” She is currently swimming at a slow pace in a northerly direction. 52049 is now 383 km (about 238 miles) northeast of Bonaire, 258 km (about 160 miles) southwest from Isla Aves, and 359 (about 223 miles) south of St Croix. (Source: Sea Turtle Conservation Bonaire)
