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Nautical Miles

A nautical mile is a unit of length used in air, marine, and space navigation, and for the definition of territorial waters.Historically, it was defined as the meridian arc length corresponding to one minute (1/60 of a degree) of latitude. Today the international nautical mile is defined as exactly 1,852 metres. The derived unit of speed is the knot, one nautical mile per hour. To sail from Southampton to New York would cover a distance of around 3,081 nautical miles.

Yards

The yard is an English unit of length, in both the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement, that comprises 3 feet or 36 inches. Did you know that a yard of ale, whilst being 2.5 imperial pints of beer, is so called because the glass is a yard long.