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 | 0.1150779 mi | 0.2301559 mi | 0.3452338 mi | 0.4603118 mi | 0.5753897 mi | 0.6904677 mi | 0.8055456 mi | 0.9206236 mi | 1.0357015 mi | 1.1507794 mi | 1.2658574 mi | 1.3809353 mi | 1.4960133 mi | 1.6110912 mi | 1.7261692 mi | 1.8412471 mi | 1.9563251 mi | 2.0714030 mi | 2.1864810 mi | 2.3015589 mi | 2.4166368 mi | 2.5317148 mi | 2.6467927 mi | 2.7618707 mi | 2.8769486 mi | 2.9920266 mi | 3.1071045 mi | 3.2221825 mi | 3.3372604 mi | 3.4523383 mi | 3.5674163 mi | 3.6824942 mi | 3.7975722 mi | 3.9126501 mi | 4.0277281 mi | 4.1428060 mi | 4.2578840 mi | 4.3729619 mi | 4.4880398 mi | 4.6031178 mi | 4.7181957 mi | 4.8332737 mi | 4.9483516 mi | 5.0634296 mi | 5.1785075 mi | 5.2935855 mi | 5.4086634 mi | 5.5237414 mi | 5.6388193 mi | 5.7538972 mi | 5.8689752 mi | 5.9840531 mi | 6.0991311 mi | 6.2142090 mi | 6.3292870 mi | 6.4443649 mi | 6.5594429 mi | 6.6745208 mi | 6.7895987 mi | 6.9046767 mi | 7.0197546 mi | 7.1348326 mi | 7.2499105 mi | 7.3649885 mi | 7.4800664 mi | 7.5951444 mi | 7.7102223 mi | 7.8253002 mi | 7.9403782 mi | 8.0554561 mi | 8.1705341 mi | 8.2856120 mi | 8.4006900 mi | 8.5157679 mi | 8.6308459 mi | 8.7459238 mi | 8.8610017 mi | 8.9760797 mi | 9.0911576 mi | 9.2062356 mi | 9.3213135 mi | 9.4363915 mi | 9.5514694 mi | 9.6665474 mi | 9.7816253 mi | 9.8967033 mi | 10.0117812 mi | 10.1268591 mi | 10.2419371 mi | 10.3570150 mi | 10.4720930 mi | 10.5871709 mi | 10.7022489 mi | 10.8173268 mi | 10.9324048 mi | 11.0474827 mi | 11.1625606 mi | 11.2776386 mi | 11.3927165 mi | 11.5077945 mi |
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 | cable length (International) | miles |
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1 | ≡ 0.11507794480235 | 4 | ≡ 0.46031177920942 |
1.5 | ≡ 0.17261691720353 | 4.5 | ≡ 0.51785075161059 |
2 | ≡ 0.23015588960471 | 5 | ≡ 0.57538972401177 |
2.5 | ≡ 0.28769486200589 | 5.5 | ≡ 0.63292869641295 |
3 | ≡ 0.34523383440706 | 6 | ≡ 0.69046766881413 |
The mile is an English unit of length of linear measure equal to 5,280 feet, or 1,760 yards, and standardised as exactly 1,609.344 metres by international agreement in 1959.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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mile | mi | ≡ 80 chains ≡ 5280 ft ≡ 1760 yd | ≡ 1609.344 m | Imperial/US |
miles | cable length (International) | miles | cable length (International) |
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1 | ≡ 8.6897624190065 | 4 | ≡ 34.759049676026 |
1.5 | ≡ 13.03464362851 | 4.5 | ≡ 39.103930885529 |
2 | ≡ 17.379524838013 | 5 | ≡ 43.448812095032 |
2.5 | ≡ 21.724406047516 | 5.5 | ≡ 47.793693304536 |
3 | ≡ 26.069287257019 | 6 | ≡ 52.138574514039 |
cable length (International) | miles |
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1 | ≡ 0.1150779 |
8.6897624 | ≡ 1 |
You can find the conversion in other languages in the following:
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 …) |