The Nautical Mile

The nautical mile is equal to one minute measured on the latitude. One nautical mile is generally considered to be 1852 metres. We always measure the nautical mile on the latitude scale on the nautical chart.
Distances should always be measured on the latitude scale, because in projection maps the spaces between the lines of latitudes changes. The spaces become longer as we move further north.

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