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Geographical mile - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Cartographic, Geodesic, Geodetic, Geographic, Geological, Geophysical, Navigational, Positional, Regional, Territorial, Topographic, Zonal |
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The geographical mile is a unit of length determined by 1 minute of arc along the Earth's equator, approximately equal to 1855 metres (6087.15 international feet).
The unit is not used much; it is closely related to the nautical mile, which was originally determined as 1 minute of arc along a great circle of the Earth and is nowadays defined to be exactly 1852 metres.
The Danish and German geographical mile (mil and Meile) is 4 minutes of arc, and was defined as 7421.5 metres by the astronomer Ole Rømer of Denmark. In Norway and Sweden, this geographical mile was only used at sea.
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Example Usage of Geographical |
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OneWorldSA: Geographical Indication certificate for Benarsi saris: http://bit.ly/58N0zB |
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IraqInquiryblog: Like the lines of op, don't be thinking these fronts are Geographical entities... |
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Djoladin: @paraNoidMijo Lmao @ me going all Geographical, and explaining to you. Lol. Sooooooooo, I'm bored. Lol. |
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