40 Nautical Miles To Mph

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Nautical Miles

Nautical miles are used to measure the distance traveled through the water. A nautical mile is slightly longer than a mile on state, equaling one.1508 land-measured (or statute) miles. The nautical mile is based on the Earth'south longitude and latitude coordinates, with one nautical mile equaling 1 minute of latitude.

But why apply a unlike measurement organization for marine navigation? Using latitude and longitude coordinates is more practical for long-distance travel, where the curvature of the Globe becomes a factor in accurate measurement. Nautical charts utilize breadth and longitude, so it's far easier for mariners to measure altitude with nautical miles. Air and infinite travel also use breadth and longitude for navigation and nautical miles to mensurate distance.

The discussion "mile" might leave you wondering if in that location's a "nautical kilometer," too. At that place's non. The international nautical mile is used throughout the globe. The measurement was officially fix at exactly 1.852 kilometers in 1929 by what is now known every bit the International Hydrographic Organization. The U.South. and the Britain both used slightly different measurements after that time, but the U.S. adopted the international nautical mile in 1954 and the U.Grand. in 1970.

Knots

animation showing the measurement of a know in historical terms — *Measuring the knot in the 17th century.*

Knots, on the other manus, are used to measure speed. One knot equals i nautical mile per hr, or roughly 1.15 statute mph.

The term knot dates from the 17th century, when sailors measured the speed of their ship using a device called a "mutual log." The common log was a rope with knots at regular intervals, attached to a piece of wood shaped similar a slice of pie. Mariners would lower the wood piece into the water and allow it to bladder freely backside the ship for a specific corporeality of fourth dimension (oftentimes measured with an hourglass). When the time was upward, they would count the knots between the ship and the piece of wood, and that number estimated their speed.