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  2. Knot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    1 nautical mile per hour (by definition), 1 852.000 metres per hour (exactly), [5] 0.51444 metres per second (approximately), 1.15078 miles per hour (approximately), 20.25372 inches per second (approximately) 1.68781 feet per second (approximately). The length of the internationally agreed nautical mile is 1 852 m.

  3. Nautical mile - Wikipedia

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    A nautical mile is a unit of length used in air, marine, and space navigation, and for the definition of territorial waters. [2] [3] [4] Historically, it was defined as the meridian arc length corresponding to one minute (⁠ 1 / 60 ⁠ of a degree) of latitude at the equator, so that Earth's polar circumference is very near to 21,600 nautical miles (that is 60 minutes × 360 degrees).

  4. Nautical time - Wikipedia

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    Time on a ship's clocks and in a ship's log had to be stated along with a "zone description", which was the number of hours to be added to zone time to obtain GMT, hence zero in the Greenwich time zone, with negative numbers from −1 to −12 for time zones to the east and positive numbers from +1 to +12 to the west (hours, minutes, and ...

  5. 3,000 Miles in a Tiny Boat on the High Seas: Surviving the ...

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    With about 1,307 nautical miles still to go, their speed climbing to 3 knots, it was time to “celebrate the small successes and small things,” like finding a breakfast burrito amongst the food ...

  6. Units of measurement in transportation - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, it is computed per 100 million miles traveled, while internationally it is computed in 100 million or 1 billion kilometers traveled. According to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety Volume of traffic, or vehicle miles traveled (VMT), is a predictor of crash incidence.

  7. The boat ride of a lifetime for Friendsville trio: 6,000 ...

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    Meridian 459 power boats can cost over a quarter of a million dollars, plus the fuel, food, lodging and docking, which cost roughly $50,000. But some of the once-in-a-lifetime sights were priceless.

  8. Yachtmaster - Wikipedia

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    A minimum non-stop distance of 600 nautical miles must have been run by the log, the yacht must have been at sea continuously for 96 hours, and the yacht must have been more than 50 nautical miles from land while sailing a distance of at least 200 nautical miles. All qualifying seatime must be within 10 years prior to the exam.

  9. Data mile - Wikipedia

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    In radar-related subjects and in JTIDS, a data mile is a unit of distance equal to 6,000 feet (1,829 metres; 0.9875 nautical miles; 1.136 miles). An international mile is 0.88 data mile. The speed of light is 299,792,458 metres per second (983,571,056 ft/s), or about one foot per nanosecond .