Convert length and distance units — meters, feet, inches, kilometers, miles, light years and more.
| Unit | Name | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0.001 fur | 0.11 ftm | |
| 0.01 fur | 1.1 ftm | |
| 0.1 fur | 11 ftm | |
| 1 fur | 110 ftm | |
| 5 fur | 550 ftm | |
| 10 fur | 1100 ftm | |
| 50 fur | 5500 ftm | |
| 100 fur | 11000 ftm | |
| 1000 fur | 110000 ftm |
Multiply the number of Furlongs by 110 to get Fathoms. Formula: ftm = fur × 110. Example: 10 fur × 110 = 1100 ftm. To reverse, divide Fathoms by 110 to get Furlongs.
| Furlong (fur) | Fathom (ftm) |
|---|---|
| 0.001 fur | 0.11 ftm |
| 0.01 fur | 1.1 ftm |
| 0.1 fur | 11 ftm |
| 0.5 fur | 55 ftm |
| 1 fur | 110 ftm |
| 2 fur | 220 ftm |
| 5 fur | 550 ftm |
| 10 fur | 1100 ftm |
| 20 fur | 2200 ftm |
| 50 fur | 5500 ftm |
| 100 fur | 11000 ftm |
| 250 fur | 27500 ftm |
| 500 fur | 55000 ftm |
| 1000 fur | 110000 ftm |
| 10000 fur | 1100000 ftm |
To convert Furlong to Fathom, multiply by 110. Example: 10 fur = 1100 ftm
To convert Fathom back to Furlong, divide by 110 (multiply by 0.00909091). Use the swap button above.
Start with 100 Furlongs = 11000 ftm as your reference point. Scale up or down from there.
1 furlong = 110 fathoms exactly. Historic coastal surveys used both units — furlongs for land distances along the shoreline and fathoms for water depth — creating documents where both units appear side by side.
Coastal land boundary disputes involving both agricultural land (measured in furlongs) and tidal foreshore (described in fathoms) require cross-unit conversion in historical legal documents and modern arbitration.
The clean 110:1 furlong-to-fathom ratio is used in teaching the internal relationships of the imperial system — showing students that pre-metric measurement had elegant cross-domain connections.
Victorian harbour and coastal maps expressed land distances in furlongs and water depths in fathoms on the same chart. Historians and GIS specialists digitising these maps convert between the two for consistent georeferencing.
Researchers studying tidal estuaries reference historic survey data with land measurements in furlongs and water depths in fathoms — cross-unit conversion needed when integrating historical and modern datasets.
Complete length unit databases include furlong-to-fathom to ensure no conversion gap exists for researchers working with legacy British imperial documents where both land and maritime survey units appear together.
The Furlong is a unit of Length measurement (symbol: fur). 1 fur = 110 ftm. Used in scientific and practical Length measurement applications.
The Fathom is a unit of Length measurement (symbol: ftm). It is part of an internationally recognised measurement system used alongside the Furlong.
The furlong — from Old English 'furlang', meaning furrow-long — was the standard length of one furrow ploughed by an ox team without resting, typically 220 yards. It dates to at least 8th-century England and was foundational to the open-field system of medieval agriculture. The furlong's elegant internal ratios were carefully defined: 10 chains = 1 furlong, 8 furlongs = 1 statute mile. Today it survives almost exclusively in horse racing, where it remains the official distance unit in the UK, Ireland, Australia, and several other countries.
The fathom derives from the Old English 'fæthm', meaning the span of outstretched arms — roughly 6 feet or 1.8 metres. It was the primary depth measurement unit used by mariners for millennia, recorded in the Bible and used by ancient Greeks and Romans. Samuel Pepys referenced fathoms in 17th-century naval logs. Fascinatingly, 'fathom' also entered English as a verb meaning to understand deeply — from the idea of plumbing the depths. Despite metrication, fathoms remain on admiralty charts and in nautical tradition worldwide.
Common use: Furlong to Fathom conversion is needed when working with international standards, scientific publications, or reference materials that use different unit systems for Length measurement.