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The length of 90 degrees of latitude in nautical miles is 60.31. In statute miles 69.40
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.
One degree of latitude (north or south) equals 60 nautical miles. One degree of longitude (east-west) is approximately 60 nautical miles times the cosine of the mid-latitude. So 5 degrees is something less than 300 NM, depending on the heading and the latitude.
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The nautical mile is approximately one minute, that is, 1/60 degree.
One nautical mile is equivalent to one minute of latitude. In terms of degrees, one nautical mile is approximately 1/60th of a degree of latitude.
London lies at a latitude of approximately 52 degrees. A nautical mile is approximately one minute of latitude so London is 3060 Nautical miles from the equator. This equates to about 3521 statute miles.
One degree of latitude is approximately 69 miles, so 15 degrees of latitude would be around 1,035 miles.
A degree is about 69 nautical miles, so 690.
Latitudes are evenly spaced regardless of the longitude. One degree of latitude corresponds to 60 nautical miles on the surface, or about 69.1 regular miles.
At 30 degrees N latitude, you are 30 degrees north of the equator. Each degree of latitude is equivalent to about 69 miles, so at 30 degrees N latitude, you would be approximately 2,070 miles north of the equator.
1 Nautical mile is 1 minute of latitude. Therefore 1.5 nautical miles is 1'30" (1 minute 30 seconds)