What is being measured?
The Physical Description states adult front-flipper tip-to-tip span may be approximately 2.7 m. This is a published large-span reference, not body length or a population mean.
Use the named object, variant and dimension. A manufactured or natural object can differ from this reference.
- Dimension
- front flipper tip to tip span
- Reference value
- 2.7 m
- Evidence
- Published reference measurement
- In metres
- 2.7 m
- Variant
- Adult front-flipper span
Put the length in perspective
One Leatherback sea turtle — front-flipper span represents approximately 31.5 card lengths measured end to end. This is a length ratio; it does not calculate how the objects pack or fit.
Leatherback sea turtle — front-flipper span · 2.7 m
Metre · 1 m
Foot (international) · 0.3048 m