What is being measured?
NOAA lists length up to about 60 ft. This is a published upper size reference, not average humpback-whale length.
Use the named object, variant and dimension. A manufactured or natural object can differ from this reference.
- Dimension
- body length
- Reference value
- 60 ft
- Evidence
- Published reference measurement
- In metres
- 18.288 m
- Variant
- Published upper length
Put the length in perspective
One Humpback whale — upper length reference represents approximately 214 card lengths measured end to end. This is a length ratio; it does not calculate how the objects pack or fit.
Humpback whale — upper length reference · 18.288 m
Metre · 1 m
Foot (international) · 0.3048 m