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nautical mile
A unit of distance used in sea and air navigation, equal to 1,852 meters. Also used as a counter: 3海里 = three nautical miles.
沖まで五海里ある。
It is five nautical miles to the open sea.
一海里は約1852メートルだ。
One nautical mile is about 1,852 meters.
領海は海岸から12海里までとされている。
Territorial waters are defined as extending up to twelve nautical miles from the coast.
A unit of distance for navigation, equal to 1,852 meters. It doubles as a counter, attaching directly to numbers (三海里).
RELATED TERMS:
- ノット: knot — speed of one nautical mile per hour
- 領海: territorial waters — commonly measured in nautical miles
- 排他的経済水域: exclusive economic zone — extends 200 nautical miles