English-Swedish translations for nautical mile

• distansminut en
• nautisk mil en
• sjömil en
  Vem har bestämt att sjömil plötsligt ska bli kilometer på dessa kartor?On whose authority have nautical miles suddenly become kilometres on those maps?
  Dessa förslag innefattar inte strandvallen i Antifer nära Etretat, men detta kompenseras genom att omkretsen vidgas till tolv sjömil.These proposals exclude the Antifer dyke situated near Etretat, but compensate for it by enlarging the perimeter to 12 nautical miles.
  En allvarlig lucka är till exempel de internationella vattenområdena som börjar 12 sjömil utanför kusten.One serious loophole, for example, is in relation to the international waters that begin 12 nautical miles off the coast.

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

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• nautical
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• aeronautical
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