nautical mile

Examples (20)

• The ship traveled 500 nautical miles across the open ocean.
• A nautical mile is slightly longer than a regular mile.
• A nautical mile is slightly longer than a statute mile.
• The ship traveled fifty nautical miles during the night.
• Navigators use nautical miles for charting courses.
• Pilots often use nautical miles for air navigation.
• The submarine surfaced after covering 100 nautical miles underwater.
• One nautical mile equals 1,852 meters.
• International maritime law defines distances in nautical miles.
• We calculated the distance in nautical miles from the chart.
• How many kilometers are in a nautical mile?
• The submarine surfaced after covering a hundred nautical miles underwater.
• The rescue team estimated their position was 10 nautical miles from the coast.
• How many nautical miles did the yacht sail yesterday?
• Speed at sea is often measured in knots, which are nautical miles per hour.
• The flight path was plotted in nautical miles.
• Their journey covered thousands of nautical miles.
• Navigators rely on the nautical mile for precise measurements.
• The buoy was placed two nautical miles offshore.
• The buoy marked a channel extending two nautical miles seaward.