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LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE
TRACKING SITE

Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta
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Date tagged: July 14, 1997*
Location: Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Conditions of tagging: The female Loggerhead was tagged at night during a nesting event.  It deposited over 150 eggs in what was considered a healthy, large nest.
Flipper Tag #: QQB590**
Measurements: notch to notch - 96 cm.
tip to tip - 99.8 cm.
width - 76.1 cm.
* - previously satellite-tagged on August 14, 1995 - however,
the satellite tag was only operational 17 days.
**  - same turtle was previously flipper-tagged on July 11, 1993
at Virginia Beach while nesting.

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