nautical mile vs mile
Definitions
noun
- a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
- a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
Examples
Maritime Claims (as measured from claimed archipelagic baselines) Territorial sea to 12 nautical miles; contiguous zone to 24 nautical miles; exclusive economic zone to 200 nautical miles; continental shelf to 200 nautical miles or to the outer edge of the continental margin.
Profit-making fish such as pomfret have gone 12 to 14 nautical miles away, so men go far into the sea.
No rubbish should be dumped within three nautical miles of the coast.
Definitions
noun
- a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
- a footrace extending one mile
- a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
- a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)
- a large distance
Examples
Anybody who has ever been on a North Queensland pastoral lease knows that you can go 20, 30, 40 miles day after day and all you will see is a few brumbies and some wild pigs; you will not see any cattle anywhere.
The blame for this month's wet weather lies with the jet stream winds a few miles high.
Commander Laurel D' ken smiled wryly as the blue haired officer said to Allison, ‘We'll need to nursemaid them a bit but I think they'd be able to manage well enough.’
