What is being measured?
NOAA states common minke whales can reach about 35 ft. The distinct dwarf form is listed separately on the source page. This is an upper size reference, not a population mean.
Use the named object, variant and dimension. A manufactured or natural object can differ from this reference.
- Dimension
- body length
- Reference value
- 35 ft
- Evidence
- Published reference measurement
- In metres
- 10.668 m
- Variant
- Common minke; published upper length
Put the length in perspective
One Common minke whale — upper length reference represents approximately 125 card lengths measured end to end. This is a length ratio; it does not calculate how the objects pack or fit.
Common minke whale — upper length reference · 10.668 m
Metre · 1 m
Foot (international) · 0.3048 m