Back Kilometer Afrikaans Kilometro AN كيلومتر Arabic كيلوميتر ARY كيلومتر ARZ Quilómetru AST Kilometr Azerbaijani کیلومتر AZB Kilométer BAN Kilometro BCL
| kilometre | |
|---|---|
 The main span of the Golden Gate Bridge is 1.28 kilometres (1,280 m). | |
| General information | |
| Unit system | SI |
| Unit of | length |
| Symbol | km |
| Conversions | |
| 1 km in ... | ... is equal to ... |
| SI base units | 1000 m |
| imperial/US units | 0.62137 mi 1093.6 yd 3280.8 ft |
| nautical units | 0.53996 nmi |
The kilometre (SI symbol: km; /ˈkɪləmiːtər/ or /kɪˈlɒmətər/), spelt kilometer in American English and Philippine English, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one thousand metres (kilo- being the SI prefix for 1000). It is the preferred measurement unit to express distances between geographical places on land in most of the world; notable exceptions are the United States and the United Kingdom where the statute mile is used.
The abbreviation km is commonly used to represent kilometre. The abbreviation Km is not recommended by the BIPM.[1][2] A slang term for the kilometre in the US, UK, and Canadian militaries is klick.[3]
- ^ "Kilometre". Oxford Learner's Dictionaries. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ "The International System of Units (SI)" (PDF). International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM). 2019. pp. 147–149. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "MARINE CORPS JARGON" (PDF). hqmc.marines.mil. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
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