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A sighting of a Luth (Dermochelys coriacea (L): Chelonia) in Bass Strait, Tasmania

Van Tets, GF, Johnstone, GW and Williams, R 1974 , 'A sighting of a Luth (Dermochelys coriacea (L): Chelonia) in Bass Strait, Tasmania' , Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, vol. 108 , p. 111 , doi: https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.108.111.

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Abstract

At 09.00 h Eastern Daylight Saving Time on 8 December 1973 we observed a large turtle from the bow of the M. V. NELLA DAN. It was floating at the surface of the water with part of its carapace exposed, and swam slowly southwards out of the ship's path. According to the ship's log, NELLA DAN was at that time in Bass Strait in about 400 00' s, 147 degrees 02'E, travelling on a course of 309 degrees west of the Furneaux Group, Tasmania.

Item Type: Article
Authors/Creators:Van Tets, GF and Johnstone, GW and Williams, R
Keywords: Tasmania, Hobart, Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library
Journal or Publication Title: Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
ISSN: 0080-4703
DOI / ID Number: https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.108.111
Collections: Royal Society Collection > Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
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