So if the statute mile is the result of Roman influences and plowing oxen, where did the nautical mile get its start?
Each nautical mile originally referred to one minute of arc along a meridian around the Earth. Think of a meridian around the Earth as being made up of 360 degrees, and each of those degrees consists of 60 minutes of arc. Each of these minutes of arc is then 1/21,600th of the distance around the earth. Thus, a nautical mile is 6,076 feet.
Nautical miles are only used when on the water.
Use this formula: nautical miles x 1.15077 = miles
Measurement of distance, Nautical Miles, Statute Miles.
Use this formula: km x 0.539956 = nautical miles.
The captain asked me "how many nautical miles are we off the shore?"
There are 7710 miles in 6700 nautical miles.1 nautical mile = 1.15 miles
50 statute miles equates to ~43.45 nautical miles.
2,093 miles=1,818.76727 nautical miles
miles x 0.868976 = nautical miles
76.4699 nautical miles.
200 nautical miles is 230.16 miles.
2,500 nautical miles=2,876.94862 miles
291 nautical miles = 334.88 miles.