What is being measured?
Comparison uses the midpoint of NOAA’s published 12–24 ft length range. 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
- body length
- Reference value
- 18 ft
- Evidence
- Chosen midpoint of a documented range
- In metres
- 5.4864 m
- Source range
- 12–24 ft
- What the range means
- NOAA Quick Facts length range; not a confidence interval.
Put the length in perspective
One Short-finned pilot whale represents approximately 64.1 card lengths measured end to end. This is a length ratio; it does not calculate how the objects pack or fit.
Short-finned pilot whale · 5.4864 m
Metre · 1 m
Foot (international) · 0.3048 m