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How many degrees of latitude equals 1 sea mile?
The nautical mile is approximately one minute, that is, 1/60 degree.
What is the distance between the Arctic Circle and latitude 68 degrees?
An average minute of latitude is a nautical mile. The difference between 68° and 66.56°, the approximate latitude of the Arctic Circle, is 1.44°, which is about 86.4 minutes, which is about 86.4 nautical miles. Multiplying by 1.15 miles per nautical mile gives you about 99.4 miles, which is about 160 kilometers.
How many feet in a nautical mile?
1 nautical mile = 6,076.1155 feet.
What is one degree of latitude equal to in nautical miles?
The lines of longitude radiate out from the poles. At their point of origin, i.e. at 90o latitude, there is no distance at all between the lines! However, at latitude 89o, very near the poles, the distance between the respective 'one degree' lines of longitude is about one nautical mile. At latitude 48.37o the distance along the line of latitude is 40 nautical miles And a 1o longitude difference along the equator (0o latitude) represents a distance of about 60.1 nautical miles. For calculator, see Related links below this box
What is the longitude and latitude of Corsica?
The island of Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea is pretty big. The northern tip is at 43 degrees north, 9 degrees 25 minutes east. The southern tip is at 41 degrees 22 minutes north, 9 degrees 15 minutes east. Each minute of latitude difference equates to 1 nautical mile, so it is easy to calculate that Corsica is 1 degree and 38 minutes long, or 98 nautical miles from north to south.
How many miles is 40 degrees?
40 degrees of latitude is approximately 2760 miles. 1deg = @69 mi. For nautical miles 1 degree of latitude equals 60 nautical miles. 1 minute of latitude equals 1 nautical mile. This means that if you were at 41deg 25minutes North latitude, you would be 2,485 nautical miles north of the equator.
How many degrees of latitude equals 1 sea mile?
The nautical mile is approximately one minute, that is, 1/60 degree.
What is the distance between the Arctic Circle and latitude 68 degrees?
An average minute of latitude is a nautical mile. The difference between 68° and 66.56°, the approximate latitude of the Arctic Circle, is 1.44°, which is about 86.4 minutes, which is about 86.4 nautical miles. Multiplying by 1.15 miles per nautical mile gives you about 99.4 miles, which is about 160 kilometers.
What is the definition of a nautical mile?
a nautical mile corresponds approximately to one minute of latitude along any meridian
Latitude is used to locate what?
Latitude identifies your distance from the equator, and whether north or south of it. It is measured in degrees north or south. One degree of latitude is 60 nautical miles (by definition). A nautical mile is about 70 statute miles (aka land miles).
What is equivalent of 1 nautical mile?
1.1508 statute miles and one minute of latitude is equal to 1 nautical mile.
How do you convert degrees into miles?
1 foot = 0.3048 meter 1 international nautical mile = 1.1508 statute miles = 1.852 kilometers = .99933 U.S nautical mile (obsolete) 1° latitude = 69.047 statute miles = 60 nautical miles = 111.12 kilometers For longitude the conversion is the same as latitude except the value is multiplied by the cosine of the latitude. i got this off a website and it worked for me :]
A nautical mile is 1 minute of a arc?
Yes, one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian is about one nautical mile.
Is there another name for a nautical mile?
a nautical mile is also know a "a knot". It is equal to one 60th of a degree of latitude. So a degree equals 60 nautical miles.
How many feet are there in a nautical mile?
1 nautical mile = 6,000
How many kilometres in a nautical mile?
1 nautical mile = 1.85200 kilometers
What is equivalent of 1nautical mile?
One nautical mile is equivalent to one minute of latitude and 1.1508 statute miles.
