A league varied depending on where you were. Several countries used the term league but the actual distance was never standardized.
Commonly it was the distance a person could walk in an hour, about three miles.
It was also three nautical miles and several other lengths from 3 kilometres to 7.
3 leagues (statute) = 7.8 nautical miles. (international)
3,000 leagues is 9,000 miles.
Nope, not even close. A league is about 3.5 miles. Let's just do three miles times 20,000. That would be 60,000 miles? Well, Mariana Trench is about 6 or 7 miles. So no, it is not deeper than 20,000 leagues
1 league = 3.45233834 miles
Formula: leagues per minute x 12,428.418 = mph5 LPM x 12,428.418 = about 62,142.0902 mph
One league is equal to approximately 3.45 miles. It is not, however, an official unit of measurement in any nation.
As 1 league is 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) I presume 3 leagues are 9 miles (14.4 kilometres.
60 miles = 17.3795 leagues
3,000 leagues is 9,000 miles.
Leagues are no longer an official unit of measure in any nation. A league was commonly equal to about 3 land miles or 3 nautical miles in the English speaking world. According to Google Search, 3 leagues = 16,688 meters.
Three Leagues ended in 1798.
Three Leagues was created in 1524.
A nautical league is three nautical miles, so 20,000 nautical leagues would be 60,000 nautical miles. The title of the book 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea refers to a journey around the world that was of a distance of 20,000 leagues, not a depth of 20,000 leagues.
100 leagues (statute) = 260.7 nautical miles (international).
Nope, not even close. A league is about 3.5 miles. Let's just do three miles times 20,000. That would be 60,000 miles? Well, Mariana Trench is about 6 or 7 miles. So no, it is not deeper than 20,000 leagues
Sailed leagues refers to the distance a ship has traveled over the sea. In historical terms, a league is a unit of distance that equals approximately three nautical miles. So, saying a ship has sailed leagues means it has covered a significant distance on the open water.
A league was equal to roughly 3 miles, so 20000 leagues would be about 60,000 miles.
A league is a unit of distance equal to 3.0 statute miles. So 10,000 leagues is equal to 30,000 miles.