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Welcome to nautical miles to km and vice versa.
In this article we tell you everything about nautical miles in km, including the formula and useful information such as the history of nautical miles in short form.
If you have been asking yourself what is a nautical mile or how many km in a nautical mile, then you are definitively right here.
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How to Convert Nautical Miles to Km?
Multiply the distance in kilometers by 1.852.
The nautical miles to km formula is [km] = [nmi] x 1.852.
Thus, for the conversion we get:
One nautical mile is equal to 1852 meters, or ~ 6076.115 feet.
One nautical mile is approximately 1.15 international miles, 1.1507794480235425117314881094409 mi to be exact.
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What is a Nautical Mile?
A nautical mile is an international unit of measurement, standardized in Monaco in the year 1929 and defined as exactly 1852 meters.
In the United States, the unit was adopted in 1954. Originally, the nautical mile was based on the circumference of the earth, equal to one minute of latitude.
Nautical miles are used for both, marine as well as air navigation, in addition to charting.
The derived unit of speed is one nautical mile per hour, known as knot.
Note that there is no official symbol for nautical mile.
The common abbreviations include N, NM, nm and nmi.
We use nmi to differentiate it from international miles (mi).
Here you can change nautical miles to miles and vice versa (link).
When the unqualified term “miles” is used, it refers to international miles, aka statute miles or land miles.
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