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Elevated viewpoints like the Point Reyes Lighthouse, the end of the Chimney Rock Trail and the Tomales Point Trail provide ideal vantage points for spotting migrating humpback, blue and fin whales, or the resident minke whales and orcas.—Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025 There are about 900 minke whales off the coasts of Oregon, Washington and California.—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025 This includes pods of Gray, humpback, and minke whales as well as porpoises.—Jd Shadel, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Mar. 2023 Marjorie Cox / The Marine Mammal Center So far this year 14 gray whales and a minke whale have died in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, the academy said, and the deaths of three of them were found to be from boat strikes.—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 30 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for minke whale
Word History
Etymology
partial translation of Norwegian minkehval, from minke- (perhaps from Meincke, a crewman of Svend Foyn †1894 Norwegian whaler) + hval whale
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