🐋 Humpback Whale Migration 🌊
Follow the amazing journey of humpback whales across the world’s oceans!
🗺️ Explore Whale Migration Routes
Click on any location below to discover where humpback whales travel!
👆 Click on a location in the map above to start exploring!
Humpback whales travel thousands of miles between cold feeding waters and warm calving waters.
📸 Migration Map & Data Sources
Migration Data Sources:
NOAA Fisheries – Humpback Whale Species Information
Happywhale.com – Photo-identification and tracking database
International Whaling Commission – Southern Hemisphere breeding stock data
Recent Research:
Kalashnikova et al. (2024) – “Interbreeding area movement of an adult humpback whale between the east Pacific Ocean and southwest Indian Ocean.” Royal Society Open Science
This research documented the longest recorded great-circle distance (13,046 km / 8,106 miles) between breeding grounds.
Educational Standards Alignment:
Aligned with state learning standards for geography, map skills, patterns, and animal biology (K-5)
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