What is 8700ftm in Yards?

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What is 8700 Fathoms (8700ftm) in Yards (yd)?

What is 8700ftm in yd? Convert 8700 Fathoms (8700ftm) to Yards (yd) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Fathoms to Yards

Formula
yd = ftm x 2
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Yards, multiply the number of Fathoms by 2.0
Fathoms (ftm) in 1 Yard
There are 0.5 Fathoms in 1 Yard
Yards (yd) in 1 Fathom
There are 2 Yards in 1 Fathom

Unit Information

Fathom
/ˈfað(ə)m/
Symbol: ftm
Unit System: Imperial

What is the Fathom?

The fathom is a unit of length in the imperial unit system and uses the symbol ftm.

One fathom is equal to 6 feet or 1.8288m.

The phrase fathom derives from an old English derivative of a Viking / Danish word "favn" meaning emracing a pair of arms or a pair of oustretched hands.

The fathom is mostly used in the nautical world to describe depths of water.

Yard
/jɑːd/
Symbol: yd
Unit System: Imperial

What is the Yard?

The yard is a unit of length in the imperial and US system and uses the symbol yd.

A yard is equal to 3 ft or 36 inches. There is 0.9144 m in a yard. There are 1760 yards in a mile.

Derived from the Old English 'gyrd' or 'gerd', the yard was first defined in the late 1600s laws of Ine of Wessex where a "yard of land" (yardland) was an old unit of tax assessment by the government.

The yard was the original standard adpoted by early English leaders and was apparently used in length by the Saxon race and represented the breadth of the chest of a man. After a relative hiatus, Queen Elizabeth reintroduced the yard as the English standard of measure, and it still survives in many 2nd generation conversations today.


Conversion Tables for Fathoms (ftm) to Yards (yd)