1.15 'ordinary' miles, or 1852 meters 2000 yards.
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A nautical mile is equal to just over 6,076 feet. It is also equal to 72,913 inches or 1,852 meters.
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"6076.1 feet" The nautical mile comes from ship navigation - with the estimates of the Earth's circumference available at the time, a nautical mile was defined to be one degree of travel along a meridian (line of longitude). A kno...
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A statute mile is the common "mile" with a length of 5,280 feet. Therefore a statute mile is not as long as a nautical mile. One nautical mile would equal approximately 1.15 statute miles. Making the conversion from nautical miles to statute miles would be done as 120 nautical miles x 1.15 statute miles = 138 statute miles.
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Rodger from the United Kingdom asks: How was the nautical mile arrived at and why is the speed at sea called knots? Was there a means of determining the knot in bygone ... Interestingly, the chip log has long been replaced by equipment that is more advanced but we still refer to miles per hour on the water as knots.
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When we drive our cars on land, we use miles (mi.) to measure distance. These miles are actually "statute miles", 5280 feet. A nautical mile (nm.) is about 15% longer than a statute mile. ... Everything to do with sailing measurements and navigation has to do with traveling long distances across the large portions of the earth.
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The term knots comes from the way nautical miles per hour used to be measured on boats, starting around 1637, long before electronic instruments were available, when English navigator Richard Norwood suggested the following method of measurement. ... One British Admiralty nautical mile is 6,080 feet. (Today we know that...
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Everything you need for a great day on the Nautical Mile. ... Roughly a mile long and lined on both sides with all manner of maritime mayhem, it is called The Nautical Mile because of its length (don’t tell anyone, but it’s really about 25% short) and its character. ... The Nautical Mile; Freeport, Long Island, NY...
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A nautical mile or sea mile is a unit of length equal to 1,852 meters. It corresponds approximately to one minute of latitude along any meridian. According to Wikipedia, it is a non-SI unit used especially by navigators in the shipping and aviation industries. ... How Long is a Nautical Sea Mile?
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