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<div>The '''geographical mile''', or '''U.S. survey mile''', is a unit of length determined by 1 [[minute|minute of arc]] along the [[Earth]]'s [[equator]], approximately equal to 1855 [[metre]]s (6087.15 international [[feet]]). <br />
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(Wikipedia alert! [[mile]] page say it is 1609.347 metres! And http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/appenB.html claims that statute miles and U.S. survey miles are one and the same! This needs to be cleaned up.)<br />
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It is not the same as the more commonly used [[statute mile]], which is 1609.344 metres (5280 feet), or the [[nautical mile]] which is 1 minute of arc along a [[great circle]] of the Earth (1852 metres, 6076.1 feet). The U.S. survey mile is used almost exclusively by the [[U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey]]. <br />
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'''See also:'''<br />
* [[Conversion of units]]<br />
* [[mile]]</div>141.140.6.178