nautical mile


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Synonyms for nautical mile

nouna former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters)

nouna unit of length used in navigation

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Meanwhile, Head of the Palestinian Fishermen Syndicate Nizar Ayyash said the recent agreement to extend the fishing zone off some parts of the Gaza coast from six nautical miles to nine has brought no benefit for the fishermen.
These included two 50-meter trawlers riding at anchor, tree of the 20-meter vessels, including one towing two small boats less than half a nautical mile from Panata Island.
Race 5 will be a 12 nautical mile windward/leeward.
He was found half nautical mile away from the location of the boat with the help of the helicopter of the police aviation.
Gazan fishermen, whose numbers are estimated to be around 4,000, have suffered from the near decade-long siege of the Gaza Strip, which limits their incursions to just six nautical miles into the sea in accordance with the ceasefire agreement signed with Palestinian factions in 2014.
6 left Nanfang'ao fishing harbor on July 6, and its last known position was around 2,600 nautical miles east-northeast of Taiwan, or approximately 700 nautical miles northwest of the Midway Atoll, on Aug.
Following the discovery of the body, the sector for search by air assets has been widened to 600 square nautical miles stretching from the waters off Kuantan in Pahang to Kerteh, Terengganu.
Now we have the Chinese oceanographic survey ship "Zhanjian" operating just 80 nautical miles off the east coast of the Philippines.
The first medical evacuation was from an oil platform some 27 nautical miles south east of Sumburgh.
The move came after COGAT announced on Tuesday it had reduced the extent of the fishing zone to six nautical miles offshore from 10 nautical miles, having downscaled it from 15 nautical miles a week ago.
Gaza, May 26 (Petra) -- Israeli occupation authorities on Sunday re-expanded the fishing zone off the Gaza Strip to 15 nautical miles just days after reducing it, according to a Palestinian union official.
WAFA correspondent said that the navy opened gunfire and shot water hoses towards fishermen sailing three nautical miles offshore al-Sudaniya, forcing them to stop their work and escape in fear.
On June 11, 2009, the Secretariat of the United Nations registered a Memorandum of Understanding between Somalia and Kenya to Grant to Each Other No-Objection in Respect of Submissions on the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf beyond 200 Nautical Miles to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf.
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel loosened restrictions on fishermen off the blockaded Gaza Strip Monday by allowing them to travel up to 15 nautical miles (28 kilometers) into the Mediterranean in one area, the largest distance in years.
beyond 12 nautical miles. According to the official sources, it did not issue any licence for fishing during the last five years.