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The nautical mile is approximately one minute, that is, 1/60 degree.
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.
1 nautical mile = 6,076.1155 feet.
Latitude is a measure of how far north or south a location is relative to the equator. Nautical miles are a unit of measurement used in navigation, with one nautical mile equal to one minute of latitude. As such, the distance covered in nautical miles increases as one moves away from the equator due to the convergence of meridians at the poles.
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
The nautical mile is approximately one minute, that is, 1/60 degree.
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.
a nautical mile corresponds approximately to one minute of latitude along any meridian
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).
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.
1.1508 statute miles and one minute of latitude is equal to 1 nautical mile.
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 :]
Yes, one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian is about one 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.
1 nautical mile = 6,000
1 nautical mile = 1.85200 kilometers
1 nautical mile = 6,076.1155 feet.