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) |
nautical mile | 0.1184968 NM; nmi | 0.2369935 NM; nmi | 0.3554903 NM; nmi | 0.4739870 NM; nmi | 0.5924838 NM; nmi | 0.7109806 NM; nmi | 0.8294773 NM; nmi | 0.9479741 NM; nmi | 1.0664708 NM; nmi | 1.1849676 NM; nmi | 1.3034644 NM; nmi | 1.4219611 NM; nmi | 1.5404579 NM; nmi | 1.6589546 NM; nmi | 1.7774514 NM; nmi | 1.8959482 NM; nmi | 2.0144449 NM; nmi | 2.1329417 NM; nmi | 2.2514384 NM; nmi | 2.3699352 NM; nmi | 2.4884320 NM; nmi | 2.6069287 NM; nmi | 2.7254255 NM; nmi | 2.8439222 NM; nmi | 2.9624190 NM; nmi | 3.0809158 NM; nmi | 3.1994125 NM; nmi | 3.3179093 NM; nmi | 3.4364060 NM; nmi | 3.5549028 NM; nmi | 3.6733996 NM; nmi | 3.7918963 NM; nmi | 3.9103931 NM; nmi | 4.0288898 NM; nmi | 4.1473866 NM; nmi | 4.2658834 NM; nmi | 4.3843801 NM; nmi | 4.5028769 NM; nmi | 4.6213737 NM; nmi | 4.7398704 NM; nmi | 4.8583672 NM; nmi | 4.9768639 NM; nmi | 5.0953607 NM; nmi | 5.2138575 NM; nmi | 5.3323542 NM; nmi | 5.4508510 NM; nmi | 5.5693477 NM; nmi | 5.6878445 NM; nmi | 5.8063413 NM; nmi | 5.9248380 NM; nmi | 6.0433348 NM; nmi | 6.1618315 NM; nmi | 6.2803283 NM; nmi | 6.3988251 NM; nmi | 6.5173218 NM; nmi | 6.6358186 NM; nmi | 6.7543153 NM; nmi | 6.8728121 NM; nmi | 6.9913089 NM; nmi | 7.1098056 NM; nmi | 7.2283024 NM; nmi | 7.3467991 NM; nmi | 7.4652959 NM; nmi | 7.5837927 NM; nmi | 7.7022894 NM; nmi | 7.8207862 NM; nmi | 7.9392829 NM; nmi | 8.0577797 NM; nmi | 8.1762765 NM; nmi | 8.2947732 NM; nmi | 8.4132700 NM; nmi | 8.5317667 NM; nmi | 8.6502635 NM; nmi | 8.7687603 NM; nmi | 8.8872570 NM; nmi | 9.0057538 NM; nmi | 9.1242505 NM; nmi | 9.2427473 NM; nmi | 9.3612441 NM; nmi | 9.4797408 NM; nmi | 9.5982376 NM; nmi | 9.7167343 NM; nmi | 9.8352311 NM; nmi | 9.9537279 NM; nmi | 10.0722246 NM; nmi | 10.1907214 NM; nmi | 10.3092181 NM; nmi | 10.4277149 NM; nmi | 10.5462117 NM; nmi | 10.6647084 NM; nmi | 10.7832052 NM; nmi | 10.9017019 NM; nmi | 11.0201987 NM; nmi | 11.1386955 NM; nmi | 11.2571922 NM; nmi | 11.3756890 NM; nmi | 11.4941857 NM; nmi | 11.6126825 NM; nmi | 11.7311793 NM; nmi | 11.8496760 NM; nmi |
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) | nautical miles | cable length (US) | nautical miles |
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1 | = 0.11849676025918 | 4 | = 0.47398704103672 |
1.5 | = 0.17774514038877 | 4.5 | = 0.53323542116631 |
2 | = 0.23699352051836 | 5 | = 0.5924838012959 |
2.5 | = 0.29624190064795 | 5.5 | = 0.65173218142549 |
3 | = 0.35549028077754 | 6 | = 0.71098056155508 |
A nautical mile is a unit of measurement defined as exactly 1852 meters (about 6,076.1 feet or 1.1508 statute miles). Historically, it was defined as one minute of latitude, which is equivalent to one sixtieth of a degree of latitude.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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nautical mile | NM; nmi | ≡ 1852 m | ≡ 1852 m | Imperial/US |
nautical miles | cable length (US) | nautical miles | cable length (US) |
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1 | = 8.439049285506 | 4 | = 33.756197142024 |
1.5 | = 12.658573928259 | 4.5 | = 37.975721784777 |
2 | = 16.878098571012 | 5 | = 42.19524642753 |
2.5 | = 21.097623213765 | 5.5 | = 46.414771070283 |
3 | = 25.317147856518 | 6 | = 50.634295713036 |
cable length (US) | nautical miles |
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1 | = 0.1184968 |
8.4390493 | = 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 …) |