Visual comparison of a kilometer, statute mile, and nautical mile
One international nautical mile converts to:
· 1.852 kilometers (exact)
· 1.150779 miles (statute) (exact: 57,875/50,292 miles)
· 2,025.372 yards (exact: 2,315,000/1,143 yards)
· 6,076.1155 feet (exact: 2,315,000/381 feet or 1,822,831/300 survey feet)
· 1,012.6859 fathoms (exact: 1,157,500/1,143 fathoms)
· 10 international cables (exact)
· 10.126859 imperial (100-fathom) cables (exact: 11,575/1,143 imperial cables)
· 8.439049 U.S. customary (120-fathom) cables (exact: 57,875/6,858 U.S. customary cables)
· 0.998383 equatorial arc minutes (traditional geographical miles)
· 0.9998834 mean meridian arc minutes (mean historical nautical miles)
· 1.852 kilometers (exact)
· 1.150779 miles (statute) (exact: 57,875/50,292 miles)
· 2,025.372 yards (exact: 2,315,000/1,143 yards)
· 6,076.1155 feet (exact: 2,315,000/381 feet or 1,822,831/300 survey feet)
· 1,012.6859 fathoms (exact: 1,157,500/1,143 fathoms)
· 10 international cables (exact)
· 10.126859 imperial (100-fathom) cables (exact: 11,575/1,143 imperial cables)
· 8.439049 U.S. customary (120-fathom) cables (exact: 57,875/6,858 U.S. customary cables)
· 0.998383 equatorial arc minutes (traditional geographical miles)
· 0.9998834 mean meridian arc minutes (mean historical nautical miles)