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Key Information
- Object Name:
- skull
- Location on Display:
- Museum - Not Currently on display
- Accession No:
- KINCM:1986.1030
- Brief Description:
- Skull of a Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Lacepede), found dead on the shore of Broomfleet Island, East Yorkshire (at approximately SE 8926), vice-county 61. Skull only, lacking mandible, and with a chipped snout. The whale, when entire, measured approximately 17 feet in length, and was washed ashore at Broomfleet on 6th - 8th May 1985, and was probably the same specimen reported ashore at Goole Fields a few days before. Associated with specimens KINCM:1987.291, 292 and 293. The specimen is cited.
Dimensions:
| Type | Height | Width | Depth | Diameter | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Approximate | 1051[mm] |
