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Originally Posted by Linton
To be precise a nautical mile =6072 feet or 2024 yards.
One nautical mile =1.15 x a statute mile.Knots are just nautical miles per hour.One nautical mile=1.85 kilometres.
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Actually, a Nautical Mile is 5852ft. It used to be 6072ft in the Royal Navy during the first and second world wars - but in the 1970's the UK adopted the International Standard.