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Originally Posted by max-peck
As an aside - this makes total sense to me - 1nm equals one minute of latitude - that totally makes sense to me as a unit of measurement
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Close, according to this
http://www.coastalnavigation.com/sam..._pages/1_2.htm it's one arc second, not minute.
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Originally Posted by Shadriss
Uhm... your numbers are off. Way off. A statue mile is 5280 feet (1760 yds) and a nautical mile is 5802 feet (1934 yds). Certainly not a difference of 26.5 Kyds.
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According to the same source 1 nm is 6076 feet. Either way, that difference is why knots are faster than mph.