Traditionally, the fathom represents the distance extending from one fingertip of one hand to the corresponding fingertip of the other hand when both arms are outstretched. While it is a common unit in many civilations, half that unit, the yard, is also common for measuring distances of that order of magnitude. This page gives a listing of fathom-size units on this wiki. mode=table namespace= category=Fathom-size units shownamespace=false addlasteditor=false addlastedit=false historylink=false cache=false count=50