A fathom is 6 feet deep. It is a traditional maritime unit of length used especially to measure the depth of water. This measurement comes from the average span of a man's outstretched arms, historically used by sailors for gauging water depth.
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A fathom is 6 feet deep. It is a traditional maritime unit of length used especially to measure the depth of water. This measurement comes from the average span of a man's outstretched arms, historically used by sailors for gauging water depth.