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Old 31st Jan 2014, 13:24
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Nautical Mile
Bit of thread drift (sorry), but W8's post above about nautical miles is not strictly correct.

A nautical mile is roughly equal to 1 minute of latitude (about 6076 feet). It is defined however as exactly 1,852 metres
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