Shaza

Hawksbill Turtles northern Australia

A project of Northern Territory Turtle Tracking, Australia.

click map for full-size version Shaza (Hawksbill) is 4 km E of the coast of Australia and 616 km from Darwin (136.511 E 13.219 S)

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Species: Hawksbill
Life Stage: Adult
Gender: Female
Release Date: 2010-08-26 21:00:00
Release Location: North East Island, Groote Eylandt
Last Location: 2011-01-16 11:44:42

Background

This turtle was named Shaza by students from the Alyangula Area School and the Anindilyakwa Land Council.

This turtle measured 80.3cm curved carapace length, 69.5cm curved carapace width and weighed 56.5kg. It laid 118 eggs on the slope in bare sand on the 26th of August 2010.