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Adelita (turtle)

Satellite-tracked sea turtle in the Pacific Ocean

Satellite-tracked sea turtle in the Pacific Ocean

Adelita is the name of the first sea turtle tracked across an ocean basin, the northern Pacific Ocean. A satellite tag was placed on Adelita, a female loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), in 1996 by marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols for a research project.

The Adelita tracking project provided the first proof of the trans-Pacific migration of loggerhead sea turtles. Adelita was also the first animal to swim across an ocean while being tracked by a satellite.

The 9,000 mile journey of Adelita from Mexico to Japan was featured in the PBS Nature documentary Voyage of the Lonely Turtle. The documentary follows Adelita as she returns to her birthplace in Japan to lay her eggs.

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  2. (December 15, 2020). "Spectacular sea turtles and the threats they face". [[CNN]].
  3. (February 24, 2011). "Turtles use the Earth's magnetic field as a global GPS". [[National Geographic]].
  4. (July 19, 1999). "Loggerhead sea turtles go the distance". CNN.
  5. (October 6, 2008). "Wallace J. Nichols on Turtles… and Tacos". National Geographic.
  6. (December 8, 2006). "Mexican, Japanese and U.S. Fishermen Celebrate Sea Turtle's Epic Journey". [[Underwater Times]].
  7. "East Pacific Sea Turtle Tracking Project (1996-1997)". OBIS-SEAMAP.
  8. (February 7, 2009). "Satellite tracked sea turtle swims in Google Ocean". Deep Sea News.
  9. (April 12, 2007). "Sea Turtle Research of J. Nichols '89 Featured in Magazine, on PBS' Nature". [[DePauw University]].
  10. (May 10, 2010). "About". PBS Nature.
  11. (May 29, 2008). "Sea Turtle Navigation". [[PBS Nature]].
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