What is being measured?
Comparison uses the midpoint of the published 101–132 cm range. Published standing-height range, distinct from wingspan. This is a range midpoint, not a measured population mean.
The comparison uses the midpoint of the stated range. That midpoint is a chosen reference, not a measured population mean.
- Dimension
- standing height
- Reference value
- 116.5 cm
- Evidence
- Chosen midpoint of a documented range
- In metres
- 1.165 m
- Source range
- 101–132 cm
- What the range means
- Published standing-height range, distinct from wingspan.
Put the length in perspective
One Emperor penguin represents approximately 13.6 card lengths measured end to end. This is a length ratio; it does not calculate how the objects pack or fit.
Emperor penguin · 1.165 m
Metre · 1 m
Foot (international) · 0.3048 m