Hectometre

1 hectometre =
SI units
0.10000 km 100.00 m
US customary / Imperial units
109.36 yd 328.08 ft
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The hectometre (International spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: hm) or hectometer (American spelling) is an uncommonly used unit of length in the metric system, equal to one hundred metres. It derives from the Greek word "ekato", meaning "hundred". A regulation football or soccer field is approximately 1 hectometre in length.

A clickable mosaic of objects
at scales within direct human experience, from the micrometric (106 m, top left) to the multi-kilometric (105 m, bottom right).
The Pyramid of Cheops is 138.8 metres high.
British driver location sign and location marker post on the M27 in Hampshire. The location marker posts are installed at 100-metre intervals[1]

To compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 100 metres and 1000 metres (1 kilometre).

Distances shorter than 100 metres

Conversions

100 metres (sometimes termed a hectometre) is equal to:

Human-defined scales and structures

Sports

Nature

Astronomical

Distances longer than 1 kilometre

Notes

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