English-Danish translations for nautical mile

• sømil
  Hvem har givet tilladelse til, at sømil nu pludselig er blevet til kilometer på disse kort? On whose authority have nautical miles suddenly become kilometres on those maps?
  Derfor vil jeg også gerne kommentere spørgsmålet om de 24 sømil. I would therefore also like to comment on the 24 nautical miles question.
  Den er begrænset til 20 sømil mellem to havne, i andet fald anses passagerlister ikke at være nødvendige. It is limited to 20 nautical miles between two ports, below which passenger lists are not considered necessary.

Definition of nautical mile

• A unit of length corresponding approximately to one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian. By international agreement it is exactly 1,852 metres (approximately 6,076 feet or 1.151 statute mile

Related words

• nautical
• astronautical
• aeronautical
• nautically
• aeronautically
• nautical chart
• nautical twilight
• nautical science
• nautical jargon