Nautical mile

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1-2-090

Unit of linear measure chiefly used at sea. It is approximately one minute of latitude.

The international nautical mile is 1852 m (or 6076 feet) (International agreement at the I.H.B. Conference of 1929).


Reference: I.H.B.




Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)