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Because nautical miles is an angle measurement which then happens to be 1852 meters when you break it down.
by ViewTrick1002 7d ago
Because nautical miles is an angle measurement which then happens to be 1852 meters when you break it down.
- brainwad 6d agoAnd only 1852m at sea level; since it's an angular distance it's a bit longer in the air and a bit shorter underwater (~ 29 cm per km of elevation change).
- everybodyknows 6d agoA nautical mile is roughly one minute of latitude. Every blue-water sailor has heard "a minute's a mile" -- although that's hardly even half-correct.