GBC
Length/Distance

Link (lk)

Modern equivalent

7.92 inches = 0.201168 metres

Derived from Gunter’s surveying chain, where 100 links equal one chain (7.92 inches each).

Structuring land measurements into decimal-friendly fractions of a chain, individual metal links allowed surveyors to calculate acreage rapidly during property mapping.

Related units

Chain

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