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Nautical mile

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-002515

A unit of length used for navigation, precisely defined as 1,852 meters. This unit is derived from the average length of one minute of arc of latitude. It is the standard measure for distances at sea and in the air, frequently used in offshore oil and gas operations for charting and regulatory boundaries.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-002515
FieldOil and gas
SubjectGeneral Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-002515",
  "term": "Nautical mile",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "A unit of length used for navigation, precisely defined as 1,852 meters. This unit is derived from the average length of one minute of arc of latitude. It is the standard measure for distances at sea and in the air, frequently used in offshore oil and gas operations for charting and regulatory boundaries.",
  "subject": "General Terms",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/nautical-mile/"
}

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