cable length (International) | 1 cable length (International) | 2 cable length (International) | 3 cable length (International) | 4 cable length (International) | 5 cable length (International) | 6 cable length (International) | 7 cable length (International) | 8 cable length (International) | 9 cable length (International) | 10 cable length (International) | 11 cable length (International) | 12 cable length (International) | 13 cable length (International) | 14 cable length (International) | 15 cable length (International) | 16 cable length (International) | 17 cable length (International) | 18 cable length (International) | 19 cable length (International) | 20 cable length (International) | 21 cable length (International) | 22 cable length (International) | 23 cable length (International) | 24 cable length (International) | 25 cable length (International) | 26 cable length (International) | 27 cable length (International) | 28 cable length (International) | 29 cable length (International) | 30 cable length (International) | 31 cable length (International) | 32 cable length (International) | 33 cable length (International) | 34 cable length (International) | 35 cable length (International) | 36 cable length (International) | 37 cable length (International) | 38 cable length (International) | 39 cable length (International) | 40 cable length (International) | 41 cable length (International) | 42 cable length (International) | 43 cable length (International) | 44 cable length (International) | 45 cable length (International) | 46 cable length (International) | 47 cable length (International) | 48 cable length (International) | 49 cable length (International) | 50 cable length (International) | 51 cable length (International) | 52 cable length (International) | 53 cable length (International) | 54 cable length (International) | 55 cable length (International) | 56 cable length (International) | 57 cable length (International) | 58 cable length (International) | 59 cable length (International) | 60 cable length (International) | 61 cable length (International) | 62 cable length (International) | 63 cable length (International) | 64 cable length (International) | 65 cable length (International) | 66 cable length (International) | 67 cable length (International) | 68 cable length (International) | 69 cable length (International) | 70 cable length (International) | 71 cable length (International) | 72 cable length (International) | 73 cable length (International) | 74 cable length (International) | 75 cable length (International) | 76 cable length (International) | 77 cable length (International) | 78 cable length (International) | 79 cable length (International) | 80 cable length (International) | 81 cable length (International) | 82 cable length (International) | 83 cable length (International) | 84 cable length (International) | 85 cable length (International) | 86 cable length (International) | 87 cable length (International) | 88 cable length (International) | 89 cable length (International) | 90 cable length (International) | 91 cable length (International) | 92 cable length (International) | 93 cable length (International) | 94 cable length (International) | 95 cable length (International) | 96 cable length (International) | 97 cable length (International) | 98 cable length (International) | 99 cable length (International) | 100 cable length (International) |
mile (US Survey) | 0.1150777 mi (US) | 0.2301554 mi (US) | 0.3452331 mi (US) | 0.4603109 mi (US) | 0.5753886 mi (US) | 0.6904663 mi (US) | 0.8055440 mi (US) | 0.9206217 mi (US) | 1.0356994 mi (US) | 1.1507771 mi (US) | 1.2658549 mi (US) | 1.3809326 mi (US) | 1.4960103 mi (US) | 1.6110880 mi (US) | 1.7261657 mi (US) | 1.8412434 mi (US) | 1.9563211 mi (US) | 2.0713989 mi (US) | 2.1864766 mi (US) | 2.3015543 mi (US) | 2.4166320 mi (US) | 2.5317097 mi (US) | 2.6467874 mi (US) | 2.7618652 mi (US) | 2.8769429 mi (US) | 2.9920206 mi (US) | 3.1070983 mi (US) | 3.2221760 mi (US) | 3.3372537 mi (US) | 3.4523314 mi (US) | 3.5674092 mi (US) | 3.6824869 mi (US) | 3.7975646 mi (US) | 3.9126423 mi (US) | 4.0277200 mi (US) | 4.1427977 mi (US) | 4.2578754 mi (US) | 4.3729532 mi (US) | 4.4880309 mi (US) | 4.6031086 mi (US) | 4.7181863 mi (US) | 4.8332640 mi (US) | 4.9483417 mi (US) | 5.0634194 mi (US) | 5.1784972 mi (US) | 5.2935749 mi (US) | 5.4086526 mi (US) | 5.5237303 mi (US) | 5.6388080 mi (US) | 5.7538857 mi (US) | 5.8689634 mi (US) | 5.9840412 mi (US) | 6.0991189 mi (US) | 6.2141966 mi (US) | 6.3292743 mi (US) | 6.4443520 mi (US) | 6.5594297 mi (US) | 6.6745074 mi (US) | 6.7895852 mi (US) | 6.9046629 mi (US) | 7.0197406 mi (US) | 7.1348183 mi (US) | 7.2498960 mi (US) | 7.3649737 mi (US) | 7.4800515 mi (US) | 7.5951292 mi (US) | 7.7102069 mi (US) | 7.8252846 mi (US) | 7.9403623 mi (US) | 8.0554400 mi (US) | 8.1705177 mi (US) | 8.2855955 mi (US) | 8.4006732 mi (US) | 8.5157509 mi (US) | 8.6308286 mi (US) | 8.7459063 mi (US) | 8.8609840 mi (US) | 8.9760617 mi (US) | 9.0911395 mi (US) | 9.2062172 mi (US) | 9.3212949 mi (US) | 9.4363726 mi (US) | 9.5514503 mi (US) | 9.6665280 mi (US) | 9.7816057 mi (US) | 9.8966835 mi (US) | 10.0117612 mi (US) | 10.1268389 mi (US) | 10.2419166 mi (US) | 10.3569943 mi (US) | 10.4720720 mi (US) | 10.5871497 mi (US) | 10.7022275 mi (US) | 10.8173052 mi (US) | 10.9323829 mi (US) | 11.0474606 mi (US) | 11.1625383 mi (US) | 11.2776160 mi (US) | 11.3926937 mi (US) | 11.5077715 mi (US) |
A cable length or length of cable is a nautical unit of measure equal to one tenth of a nautical mile or approximately 100 fathoms. The unit is named after the length of a ship's anchor cable in the Age of Sail. The definition varies:
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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cable length (International) | ≡ 1⁄10 nmi | ≡ 185.2 m | Imperial/US |
cable length (International) | miles (US Survey) | cable length (International) | miles (US Survey) |
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1 | ≈ 0.11507771462462 | 4 | ≈ 0.46031085849846 |
1.5 | ≈ 0.17261657193692 | 4.5 | ≈ 0.51784971581077 |
2 | ≈ 0.23015542924923 | 5 | ≈ 0.57538857312308 |
2.5 | ≈ 0.28769428656154 | 5.5 | ≈ 0.63292743043538 |
3 | ≈ 0.34523314387385 | 6 | ≈ 0.69046628774769 |
≡ 5280 US Survey feet ≡ (5280 × 1200⁄3937) m
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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mile (US Survey) | mi (US) | ≡ 5280 US Survey feet ≡ (5280 × 1200⁄3937) m | ≈ 1609.347219 m | Imperial/US |
miles (US Survey) | cable length (International) | miles (US Survey) | cable length (International) |
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1 | ≈ 8.689779800216 | 4 | ≈ 34.759119200864 |
1.5 | ≈ 13.034669700324 | 4.5 | ≈ 39.104009100972 |
2 | ≈ 17.379559600432 | 5 | ≈ 43.44889900108 |
2.5 | ≈ 21.72444950054 | 5.5 | ≈ 47.793788901188 |
3 | ≈ 26.069339400648 | 6 | ≈ 52.138678801296 |
cable length (International) | miles (US Survey) |
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1 | ≈ 0.1150777 |
8.6897798 | ≈ 1 |
Symbol | Definition |
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≡ | exactly equal |
≈ | approximately equal to |
= | equal to |
digits | indicates that digits repeat infinitely (e.g. 8.294 369 corresponds to 8.294 369 369 369 369 …) |