What is being measured?
NOAA states adults can grow to 52 ft. 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
- 52 ft
- Evidence
- Published reference measurement
- In metres
- 15.8496 m
- Variant
- Adult; published upper length
Put the length in perspective
One North Atlantic right whale — upper length reference represents approximately 185 card lengths measured end to end. This is a length ratio; it does not calculate how the objects pack or fit.
North Atlantic right whale — upper length reference · 15.8496 m
Metre · 1 m
Foot (international) · 0.3048 m