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How many inches is one minute of latitude?
72,980 (rounded)
Is 60 seconds one minute?
Yes. 60 seconds equal one minute. 60 minutes equal one hour, and 24 hours equal one day.
What distance is represented by one minute of latitued 60 minutes for each degree?
One minute of latitude represents 1 nautical mile
A nautical mile is 1 minute of a arc?
Yes, one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian is about one nautical mile.
How many minutes are equal to 1.5 miles?
1 Nautical mile is 1 minute of latitude. Therefore 1.5 nautical miles is 1'30" (1 minute 30 seconds)
What degree of latitude consists of 60 equal parts?
One degree of latitude is divided into 60 minutes. Each minute is further divided into 60 seconds.
How is a drgree of longitude or latitude further subdivided?
Each degree is divided into 60 minutes, and each minute is divided into 60 seconds. While the distance represented by a degree of longitude can vary with the latitude, each degree of latitude (north and south) is equal to 60 nautical miles, so one minute of latitude is equal to 1 nautical mile. (About 1.15 statute miles) One nautical mile is equal to 2026 yards, so one second of latitude is equal to 33.8 feet.
What is the conversion difference between knots to mph?
One knot is equal to 1.1.5078 miles her hour. 1 mile per hour is equal to 0.868976 knots. A knot dervives not from mph but latitude; it takes 1 minute of time to travel one minute of latitude.
What is equivalent of 1 mile?
1.1508 statute miles and one minute of latitude is equal to 1 nautical mile.
How many ft is a minute of latitude equal to?
about 6075-ft (rounded)
Smallest unit of latitude and longitude?
The smallest unit of latitude and longitude is one minute, which is further divided into seconds. One minute of latitude is approximately equal to one nautical mile. One minute of longitude varies in distance based on the latitude but is also approximately one nautical mile at the equator.
What is equivalent of 1 nautical mile?
1.1508 statute miles and one minute of latitude is equal to 1 nautical mile.
Does minutes of latitude measure time from the equator?
No, minutes of latitude measure distance north or south from the equator. Each degree of latitude is divided into 60 minutes, with one minute of latitude being approximately equal to one nautical mile.
How many inches is one minute of latitude?
72,980 (rounded)
Is 60 seconds one minute?
Yes. 60 seconds equal one minute. 60 minutes equal one hour, and 24 hours equal one day.
Is a knot a distance?
A "Knot" is a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour. Traditionally, one nautical mile is equal to one minute of latitude on the Earth's surface. From Wikipedia: the international standard is 1 nautical mile = 1,852 metres exactly.
About how many miles on Earth are equal to one degree of latitude?
One degree of latitude on Earth is equal to approximately 69 miles (111 kilometers).
