fathom | 1 ftm | 2 ftm | 3 ftm | 4 ftm | 5 ftm | 6 ftm | 7 ftm | 8 ftm | 9 ftm | 10 ftm | 11 ftm | 12 ftm | 13 ftm | 14 ftm | 15 ftm | 16 ftm | 17 ftm | 18 ftm | 19 ftm | 20 ftm | 21 ftm | 22 ftm | 23 ftm | 24 ftm | 25 ftm | 26 ftm | 27 ftm | 28 ftm | 29 ftm | 30 ftm | 31 ftm | 32 ftm | 33 ftm | 34 ftm | 35 ftm | 36 ftm | 37 ftm | 38 ftm | 39 ftm | 40 ftm | 41 ftm | 42 ftm | 43 ftm | 44 ftm | 45 ftm | 46 ftm | 47 ftm | 48 ftm | 49 ftm | 50 ftm | 51 ftm | 52 ftm | 53 ftm | 54 ftm | 55 ftm | 56 ftm | 57 ftm | 58 ftm | 59 ftm | 60 ftm | 61 ftm | 62 ftm | 63 ftm | 64 ftm | 65 ftm | 66 ftm | 67 ftm | 68 ftm | 69 ftm | 70 ftm | 71 ftm | 72 ftm | 73 ftm | 74 ftm | 75 ftm | 76 ftm | 77 ftm | 78 ftm | 79 ftm | 80 ftm | 81 ftm | 82 ftm | 83 ftm | 84 ftm | 85 ftm | 86 ftm | 87 ftm | 88 ftm | 89 ftm | 90 ftm | 91 ftm | 92 ftm | 93 ftm | 94 ftm | 95 ftm | 96 ftm | 97 ftm | 98 ftm | 99 ftm | 100 ftm |
mile (US Survey) | 0.0011364 mi (US) | 0.0022727 mi (US) | 0.0034091 mi (US) | 0.0045454 mi (US) | 0.0056818 mi (US) | 0.0068182 mi (US) | 0.0079545 mi (US) | 0.0090909 mi (US) | 0.0102273 mi (US) | 0.0113636 mi (US) | 0.0125000 mi (US) | 0.0136363 mi (US) | 0.0147727 mi (US) | 0.0159091 mi (US) | 0.0170454 mi (US) | 0.0181818 mi (US) | 0.0193181 mi (US) | 0.0204545 mi (US) | 0.0215909 mi (US) | 0.0227272 mi (US) | 0.0238636 mi (US) | 0.0249999 mi (US) | 0.0261363 mi (US) | 0.0272727 mi (US) | 0.0284090 mi (US) | 0.0295454 mi (US) | 0.0306818 mi (US) | 0.0318181 mi (US) | 0.0329545 mi (US) | 0.0340908 mi (US) | 0.0352272 mi (US) | 0.0363636 mi (US) | 0.0374999 mi (US) | 0.0386363 mi (US) | 0.0397726 mi (US) | 0.0409090 mi (US) | 0.0420454 mi (US) | 0.0431817 mi (US) | 0.0443181 mi (US) | 0.0454545 mi (US) | 0.0465908 mi (US) | 0.0477272 mi (US) | 0.0488635 mi (US) | 0.0499999 mi (US) | 0.0511363 mi (US) | 0.0522726 mi (US) | 0.0534090 mi (US) | 0.0545453 mi (US) | 0.0556817 mi (US) | 0.0568181 mi (US) | 0.0579544 mi (US) | 0.0590908 mi (US) | 0.0602272 mi (US) | 0.0613635 mi (US) | 0.0624999 mi (US) | 0.0636362 mi (US) | 0.0647726 mi (US) | 0.0659090 mi (US) | 0.0670453 mi (US) | 0.0681817 mi (US) | 0.0693180 mi (US) | 0.0704544 mi (US) | 0.0715908 mi (US) | 0.0727271 mi (US) | 0.0738635 mi (US) | 0.0749998 mi (US) | 0.0761362 mi (US) | 0.0772726 mi (US) | 0.0784089 mi (US) | 0.0795453 mi (US) | 0.0806817 mi (US) | 0.0818180 mi (US) | 0.0829544 mi (US) | 0.0840907 mi (US) | 0.0852271 mi (US) | 0.0863635 mi (US) | 0.0874998 mi (US) | 0.0886362 mi (US) | 0.0897725 mi (US) | 0.0909089 mi (US) | 0.0920453 mi (US) | 0.0931816 mi (US) | 0.0943180 mi (US) | 0.0954544 mi (US) | 0.0965907 mi (US) | 0.0977271 mi (US) | 0.0988634 mi (US) | 0.0999998 mi (US) | 0.1011362 mi (US) | 0.1022725 mi (US) | 0.1034089 mi (US) | 0.1045452 mi (US) | 0.1056816 mi (US) | 0.1068180 mi (US) | 0.1079543 mi (US) | 0.1090907 mi (US) | 0.1102271 mi (US) | 0.1113634 mi (US) | 0.1124998 mi (US) | 0.1136361 mi (US) |
A fathom is a unit of length in the imperial and the U.S. customary systems equal to 6 feet (1.8288 metres), used especially for measuring the depth of water.
There are two yards (6 feet) in an imperial fathom. Originally the span of a man's outstretched arms, the size of a fathom has varied slightly depending on whether it was defined as a thousandth of an (Admiralty) nautical mile or as a multiple of the imperial yard. Formerly, the term was used for any of several units of length varying around 5–5 1⁄2 feet.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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fathom | ftm | ≡ 6 ft | = 1.8288 m | Imperial/US |
fathoms | miles (US Survey) | fathoms | miles (US Survey) |
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1 | ≈ 0.0011363613634206 | 4 | ≈ 0.0045454454536824 |
1.5 | ≈ 0.0017045420451309 | 4.5 | ≈ 0.0051136261353927 |
2 | ≈ 0.0022727227268412 | 5 | ≈ 0.005681806817103 |
2.5 | ≈ 0.0028409034085515 | 5.5 | ≈ 0.0062499874988133 |
3 | ≈ 0.0034090840902618 | 6 | ≈ 0.0068181681805236 |
≡ 5280 US Survey feet ≡ (5280 × 1200⁄3937) m
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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mile (US Survey) | mi (US) | ≡ 5280 US Survey feet ≡ (5280 × 1200⁄3937) m | ≈ 1609.347219 m | Imperial/US |
miles (US Survey) | fathoms | miles (US Survey) | fathoms |
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1 | ≈ 880.0017601706 | 4 | ≈ 3520.0070406824 |
1.5 | ≈ 1320.0026402559 | 4.5 | ≈ 3960.0079207677 |
2 | ≈ 1760.0035203412 | 5 | ≈ 4400.008800853 |
2.5 | ≈ 2200.0044004265 | 5.5 | ≈ 4840.0096809383 |
3 | ≈ 2640.0052805118 | 6 | ≈ 5280.0105610236 |
fathoms | miles (US Survey) |
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1 | ≈ 0.0011364 |
880.0017602 | ≈ 1 |
Symbol | Definition |
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≡ | exactly equal |
≈ | approximately equal to |
= | equal to |
digits | indicates that digits repeat infinitely (e.g. 8.294 369 corresponds to 8.294 369 369 369 369 …) |