84 cm
Typical representative
Uniformly scaled by internal carapace length from anterior to posterior shell endpoints, calibrated; the pose is not stretched to every descriptive dimension.
Adult Hawksbill Sea Turtle
An adult hawksbill sea turtle is shown in a strict top view and neutral glide. Its representative 0.84 m carapace length is the scale anchor; flippers retain a natural symmetrical spread.
Dimensions
- Height
- 22 cm
- Length
- 84 cm
- Weight
- 68 kg
Quick facts
- Carapace range
- 0.76–0.91 m
- Representative anchor
- 0.84 m
- Carapace
- overlapping scutes and serrated edge
- Head
- narrow with a hawk-like beak
Adult Hawksbill Sea Turtle · Size infographic
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Sources and measurement22 References
Dimensions were cross-checked against independent sources before publication.
Measurement basis
The shell length controls uniform scale. Flipper spread is a natural pose descriptor, and conflicting federal mass ranges are not averaged.