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Pole

A pole is another traditional unit of length equivalent to a rod or perch. It measures exactly 16.5 feet, 5.5 yards, or about 5.0292 meters.

The pole has been used historically in land measurement and surveying, especially in England and the United States. Like the rod and perch, it helped standardize measurements of fields, plots, and boundaries before the adoption of metric units.

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  1 pole = 16.5 feet

  
  
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  1 pole = 5.5 yards

  
  
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  1 pole ≈ 5.0292 meters

  
  
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  4 poles = 1 chain

  
  
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  40 poles = 1 furlong

  
  

Though largely replaced by modern units, the pole remains a notable term in historical surveying and land records.

Gigameter

A gigameter (Gm) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to 1 billion meters (1 Gm = 10⁹ meters). Gigameters are used to measure very large distances, often within the solar system. For example, the average distance from Earth to the Sun is about 150 gigameters, or 1 astronomical unit (AU). While not commonly used in everyday life, gigameters are helpful in astronomy and space science to describe distances between planets or other celestial bodies.