cable length (US) | 1 cable length (US) | 2 cable length (US) | 3 cable length (US) | 4 cable length (US) | 5 cable length (US) | 6 cable length (US) | 7 cable length (US) | 8 cable length (US) | 9 cable length (US) | 10 cable length (US) | 11 cable length (US) | 12 cable length (US) | 13 cable length (US) | 14 cable length (US) | 15 cable length (US) | 16 cable length (US) | 17 cable length (US) | 18 cable length (US) | 19 cable length (US) | 20 cable length (US) | 21 cable length (US) | 22 cable length (US) | 23 cable length (US) | 24 cable length (US) | 25 cable length (US) | 26 cable length (US) | 27 cable length (US) | 28 cable length (US) | 29 cable length (US) | 30 cable length (US) | 31 cable length (US) | 32 cable length (US) | 33 cable length (US) | 34 cable length (US) | 35 cable length (US) | 36 cable length (US) | 37 cable length (US) | 38 cable length (US) | 39 cable length (US) | 40 cable length (US) | 41 cable length (US) | 42 cable length (US) | 43 cable length (US) | 44 cable length (US) | 45 cable length (US) | 46 cable length (US) | 47 cable length (US) | 48 cable length (US) | 49 cable length (US) | 50 cable length (US) | 51 cable length (US) | 52 cable length (US) | 53 cable length (US) | 54 cable length (US) | 55 cable length (US) | 56 cable length (US) | 57 cable length (US) | 58 cable length (US) | 59 cable length (US) | 60 cable length (US) | 61 cable length (US) | 62 cable length (US) | 63 cable length (US) | 64 cable length (US) | 65 cable length (US) | 66 cable length (US) | 67 cable length (US) | 68 cable length (US) | 69 cable length (US) | 70 cable length (US) | 71 cable length (US) | 72 cable length (US) | 73 cable length (US) | 74 cable length (US) | 75 cable length (US) | 76 cable length (US) | 77 cable length (US) | 78 cable length (US) | 79 cable length (US) | 80 cable length (US) | 81 cable length (US) | 82 cable length (US) | 83 cable length (US) | 84 cable length (US) | 85 cable length (US) | 86 cable length (US) | 87 cable length (US) | 88 cable length (US) | 89 cable length (US) | 90 cable length (US) | 91 cable length (US) | 92 cable length (US) | 93 cable length (US) | 94 cable length (US) | 95 cable length (US) | 96 cable length (US) | 97 cable length (US) | 98 cable length (US) | 99 cable length (US) | 100 cable length (US) |
mile | 0.1363636 mi | 0.2727273 mi | 0.4090909 mi | 0.5454545 mi | 0.6818182 mi | 0.8181818 mi | 0.9545455 mi | 1.0909091 mi | 1.2272727 mi | 1.3636364 mi | 1.5 mi | 1.6363636 mi | 1.7727273 mi | 1.9090909 mi | 2.0454545 mi | 2.1818182 mi | 2.3181818 mi | 2.4545455 mi | 2.5909091 mi | 2.7272727 mi | 2.8636364 mi | 3 mi | 3.1363636 mi | 3.2727273 mi | 3.4090909 mi | 3.5454545 mi | 3.6818182 mi | 3.8181818 mi | 3.9545455 mi | 4.0909091 mi | 4.2272727 mi | 4.3636364 mi | 4.5 mi | 4.6363636 mi | 4.7727273 mi | 4.9090909 mi | 5.0454545 mi | 5.1818182 mi | 5.3181818 mi | 5.4545455 mi | 5.5909091 mi | 5.7272727 mi | 5.8636364 mi | 6 mi | 6.1363636 mi | 6.2727273 mi | 6.4090909 mi | 6.5454545 mi | 6.6818182 mi | 6.8181818 mi | 6.9545455 mi | 7.0909091 mi | 7.2272727 mi | 7.3636364 mi | 7.5 mi | 7.6363636 mi | 7.7727273 mi | 7.9090909 mi | 8.0454545 mi | 8.1818182 mi | 8.3181818 mi | 8.4545455 mi | 8.5909091 mi | 8.7272727 mi | 8.8636364 mi | 9 mi | 9.1363636 mi | 9.2727273 mi | 9.4090909 mi | 9.5454545 mi | 9.6818182 mi | 9.8181818 mi | 9.9545455 mi | 10.0909091 mi | 10.2272727 mi | 10.3636364 mi | 10.5 mi | 10.6363636 mi | 10.7727273 mi | 10.9090909 mi | 11.0454545 mi | 11.1818182 mi | 11.3181818 mi | 11.4545455 mi | 11.5909091 mi | 11.7272727 mi | 11.8636364 mi | 12 mi | 12.1363636 mi | 12.2727273 mi | 12.4090909 mi | 12.5454545 mi | 12.6818182 mi | 12.8181818 mi | 12.9545455 mi | 13.0909091 mi | 13.2272727 mi | 13.3636364 mi | 13.5 mi | 13.6363636 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 (US) | ≡ 720 ft | = 219.456 m | Imperial/US |
cable length (US) | miles | cable length (US) | miles |
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1 | = 0.13636363636364 | 4 | = 0.54545454545455 |
1.5 | = 0.20454545454545 | 4.5 | = 0.61363636363636 |
2 | = 0.27272727272727 | 5 | = 0.68181818181818 |
2.5 | = 0.34090909090909 | 5.5 | = 0.75 |
3 | = 0.40909090909091 | 6 | = 0.81818181818182 |
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 (US) | miles | cable length (US) |
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1 | = 7.3333333333333 | 4 | = 29.333333333333 |
1.5 | = 11 | 4.5 | = 33 |
2 | = 14.666666666667 | 5 | = 36.666666666667 |
2.5 | = 18.333333333333 | 5.5 | = 40.333333333333 |
3 | = 22 | 6 | = 44 |
cable length (US) | miles |
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1 | = 0.1363636 |
7.3333333 | = 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 …) |