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Nautical Mile -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

The nautical mile is unit of length defined as 1852 meters, which is approximately equal to 6076.115 feet or 1.15078 (statute) miles. It is used in navigation because it is approximately equal to the distance along 1 arcminute of latitude at the Earth 's equator.

Mile, Statute Mile

Bureau International des Poids et Mesures. "The International System of Units (SI), 7th ed." 1998. http://www1.bipm.org/en/si/si_brochure/.

U.S. Department of Defense. "DOD Dictionary of Military Terms." http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/.

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