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From the time of Magellan's expeditions until the end of the 18th century, European explorers reported about the Patagonians 2.7 and 3.0 m (9 and 10 ft) tall, and even an individual about 4 or 4.5 m (13 or 15 ft) tall captured by Magellan's crewmen near the Santa Cruz River (Argentina). [187]
16–60 (N= m:583 f:315, SD= m:6.0 cm (2.4 in) f:9.4 cm (3.7 in)) — Measured: 2000 [120] Maldives: 164.7 cm (5 ft 5 in) 153 cm (5 ft 0 in) 1.08: 15–64 (N= m:661 f:1,103) 94.2%: Measured: 2011 [121] Mali – Southern Mali: 171.3 cm (5 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 160.4 cm (5 ft 3 in) 1.07: Rural adults (N= m:121 f:320, SD= m:6.6 cm (2.6 in) f:5.7 cm ...
Height measurement using a stadiometer. Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect.It is measured using a stadiometer, [1] in centimetres when using the metric system or SI system, [2] [3] or feet and inches when using United States customary units or the imperial system.
[3] [4] [5] The summit of K2, the second highest mountain on Earth, is in the death zone. At an altitude of 19,000 m (63,000 ft), the atmospheric pressure is sufficiently low that water boils at the normal temperature of the human body. This altitude is known as the Armstrong limit.
A 50 m × 25 m (164 ft × 82 ft) Olympic swimming pool, built to the FR3 minimum depth of 2 metres (6.6 ft) would hold 2,500 m 3 (660,000 US gal). The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) defines the Olympic swimming pool as 1 million litres, which is the approximate volume of the smaller FR2 pool.
3.63 m – the record wingspan for living birds (a wandering albatross) 3.7 m – leg span of a Japanese spider crab; 3.7 m – length of a southern elephant seal, the largest living pinniped; 5 m – length of an elephant; 5.2 m – height of a giraffe [123] 5.5 m – height of a Baluchitherium, the largest land mammal ever lived
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On land, the league is most commonly defined as three miles (4.83 km), although the length of a mile could vary from place to place as well as depending on the era. At sea, a league is three nmi (3.452 mi; 5.556 km). English usage also included many of the other leagues mentioned below (for example, in discussing the Treaty of Tordesillas).