This calculator allows you to convert from Chain to Fathom and in a reverse direction. To convert from Chain to Fathom, enter the amount of Chain into the first input and to convert from Fathom to Chain, enter the amount of Fathom into the second input.
500000 Chain = 5499999.9999999 Fathom
Chain to Meter | Chain to Foot | Chain to Centimeter | Chain to Inch | Chain to Kilometer | Chain to Mile | Chain to Millimeter | Chain to Yard | Chain to Micrometer |500000 Chain equal 5499999.9999999 Fathom.
Every 1 Chain = 11 Fathom and so, 500000 Chain = 500000 multiplied by 11 = 5499999.9999999 Fathom.
What is the chain?
The chain is a unit of length. It equals 66 feet. The chain was first introduced between 1579 and 1607.
Several countries have used chain for several centuries especially in England. Note that there are 80 chains in one mile.
The main use of the chain is in laying out US townships. Official governments must use US survey chain to do surveys according to the federal law passed in 1785.
What is fathom?
As we mentioned before, the human body was the base from which length units were derived. Fathom is one of these units. For a large man holding his arms fully extended, the distance from the middle fingertip of one hand to the middle fingertip of the other hand express one fathom.
For more specification, one fathom equals 6 feet or nearly 1.83 meter. The term "fathom" was derived from the old English "faedm" which means outstretched arms. Fathom is used mainly in water depth measurement.
| 499990 Chain = 5499889.9999999 Fathom |
| 499991 Chain = 5499900.9999999 Fathom |
| 499992 Chain = 5499911.9999999 Fathom |
| 499993 Chain = 5499922.9999999 Fathom |
| 499994 Chain = 5499933.9999999 Fathom |
| 499995 Chain = 5499944.9999999 Fathom |
| 499996 Chain = 5499955.9999999 Fathom |
| 499997 Chain = 5499966.9999999 Fathom |
| 499998 Chain = 5499977.9999999 Fathom |
| 499999 Chain = 5499988.9999999 Fathom |
| 500000 Chain = 5499999.9999999 Fathom |
| 500001 Chain = 5500010.9999999 Fathom |
| 500002 Chain = 5500021.9999999 Fathom |
| 500003 Chain = 5500032.9999999 Fathom |
| 500004 Chain = 5500043.9999999 Fathom |
| 500005 Chain = 5500054.9999999 Fathom |
| 500006 Chain = 5500065.9999999 Fathom |
| 500007 Chain = 5500076.9999999 Fathom |
| 500008 Chain = 5500087.9999999 Fathom |
| 500009 Chain = 5500098.9999999 Fathom |
| 500010 Chain = 5500109.9999999 Fathom |
