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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).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 15.7 square miles (41 km 2), of which 15.6 square miles (40 km 2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km 2), or 0.70%, is water. Hanover is the 240th town of 351 in the Commonwealth in terms of size. Hanover is considered to be a part of the South Shore of
A nautical measured mile is a nautical mile which is marked by two pairs of towers. A mile is measured by sailing on a given bearing and lining up the pairs of towers. The start of the mile is recorded when the first pair of towers line up and the end of the mile recorded when the second pair line up.
Nautical mile: Length: Rhumb: Angle: The angle between two successive points of the thirty-two point compass (11 degrees 15 minutes) (rare) [1] Shackle: Length: Before 1949, 12.5 fathoms; later 15 fathoms. [2] Toise: Length: Toise was also used for measures of area and volume Twenty-foot equivalent unit or TEU: Volume: Used in connection with ...
A cable's length (often "cable length" or just "cable") is simply the standard length in which cables came, which by 1555 had settled to around 100 fathoms (600 ft; 180 m) or 1 ⁄ 10 nautical mile (0.19 km; 0.12 mi). [1] Traditionally rope is made on long ropewalks, the length of which determines the maximum length of rope it is possible to make.
HANOVER – Restauranteur Leo Keka is planning to open a new restaurant right next door to his Alba on 53 on Washington Street.. Keka said he has purchased Flanders Field in Merchant's Row, which ...
The schooner was driven ashore 9 nautical miles (17 km) north of Oswego. [14] Lyonnaise France: After colliding with the barque Adriatic ( United States) in fog on 2 November, the steamer sank in the Nantucket Shoals in the North Atlantic Ocean off Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. One hundred and twenty passengers and crew perished.
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