Foot to Fathom Converter

Foot

The foot (symbol: ft or ′) is a unit of length in the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement.

Definition of a foot: one foot is defined as 0.3048 meters exactly. In both customary and imperial units, one foot comprises 12 inches and one yard comprises three feet.

The plural of foot is feet. The foot is often used to measure and express height of a person. In the aviation, the flying altitude is also expressed in feet (e.g. 'we are flying at a height of 30,000 feet').

The length of the international foot corresponds to a human foot with shoe size of 13 (UK), 14 (US male), 15.5 (US female) or 48 (EU sizing).

Fathom

A fathom is a unit of length in the imperial and the U.S. customary systems equal to 6 feet (1.8288 m). The unit of fathom is used especially for measuring the depth of water. The fathom is neither an International Standard (SI) unit, nor an internationally-accepted non-SI unit. Most modern nautical charts indicate depth in meters. However, the U.S. Hydrographic Office uses feet and fathoms. A nautical chart will always explicitly indicate the units of depth used.

An imperial fathom is equal to two yards (6 feet).

Feet To Fathom Table