2007-09-10 15:13:13 · 4 answers · asked by hrh0233 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
1 nautical mile or 1.151 satute miles
2007-09-13 07:14:30 · answer #1 · answered by Wayner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reginald beat me to it.
The phrase " a mile a minute" comes form this fact and has nothing to do with going 60 M.P.H. on land!
It's derived from the Earths circumference at the Equator, or 360 x 60 = 21,600 nautical miles, times 1.15 = 24,840 statute miles
2007-09-11 08:38:51 · answer #2 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just answered this question for another person a short
time ago; are you both taking the same navigation class?
Anyway, here it is:
A nautical mile is by definition one minute of latitude or
one-sixtieth of a degree of latitude around the earth.
A nautical mile is 6080.66 feet, so in statute miles it is
1 nm = 6080.66/5280 = 1.1515 statute miles
2007-09-10 22:24:24 · answer #3 · answered by Reginald 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1^o=4 min
not sure
2007-09-11 02:20:43 · answer #4 · answered by piyaa 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋