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Meanings of nautical mile in English

Portuguese
nó
Catalan
milla
Spanish
nudo

A unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude.

      nó
      Russian
      морская миля
      Portuguese
      milha marítima
      Spanish
      milla maritima
      Catalan
      milla marítima

      Unit of distance (1852 m)

            Related terms
            морская миля
            Usage of nautical mile in English
            1
            He missed these targets by a nautical mile in the last quarter.
            Reuters
            2
            There wasn't even yet an agreed length for a nautical mile.
            A short history of nearly everything
            3
            At that stage, it was only half a nautical mile away from the Hook.
            Independent.ie
            4
            The MV Greenpeace left China's 12 nautical mile sea limit after a four hour stay.
            The Irish Times
            5
            Well, a knot means, I believe, a nautical mile.
            Under the Waves: Diving in Deep Waters
            6
            The teams found the entangled whale and her calf one nautical mile off-shore of Van Stadens.
            The South African
            7
            At this rate they would require one hundred and fifty-one days to travel a nautical mile.
            The Ocean and Its Wonders
            8
            Fellow American boat Rambler holds a six nautical mile lead over Comanche after 19 hours of sailing.
            Radio NZ
            9
            Vietnam says the platform is in its 200- nautical mile exclusive economic zone and on its continental shelf.
            Reuters
            10
            Australia has apologized for a number of "inadvertent" breaches of Indonesia's 12- nautical mile territorial zone.
            Reuters
            11
            The new navigable channel would reduce the north-south passage by a little more than one nautical mile.
            Depths
            12
            Vietnam has said the rig is in its 200- nautical mile exclusive economic zone and on its continental shelf.
            Reuters
            13
            The only thing Duterte had ruled out were joint patrols beyond the Philippines' 12- nautical mile territorial waters, Yasay said.
            Reuters
            14
            The map from the Nature article (right) shows the 200 nautical mile line as a blue dotted line.
            Wired
            15
            The Cook Islands government has established a 50 nautical mile exclusion zone around each of the islands in the group.
            Radio NZ
            16
            The Cook Islands government has established a 50 nautical mile exclusion zones around each of the islands in the group.
            Radio NZ
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