nautical mile
Example Sentences
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On Sunday lunchtime, it was 50 nautical miles southwest of Malta.
From Barron's
On Wednesday, Thailand's navy said it was providing emergency assistance after a Thai-flagged vessel was hit 11 nautical miles north of Oman, causing a fire on board.
From BBC
A ship was in distress, roughly 20 nautical miles off the coast from the city of Galle.
The Persian Gulf, less than 100 nautical miles wide in many places, limits large vessels such as aircraft carriers.
Local topography—including a shipping channel that shrinks to less than 2 nautical miles wide at its narrowest—requires predictable routes in a small area, he said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
