Marla

Cape Lambert Flatback Turtle Monitoring Program

A project of Rio Tinto.

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Species: Flatback Turtle
Life Stage: Adult
Gender: Female
Release Date: 2010-11-30 18:26:00
Release Location: Bells Beach
Last Location: 2011-04-21 00:37:57

Background

This was the first of six turtles fitted with a Kiwisat 101 PTT during the 2010/11 nesting season. Satellite tracking is part of Rio Tinto's wider turtle monitoring program at Cape Lambert; this turtle was also flipper tagged.