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<p>67.121.230.70: </p> <hr /> <div>The '''geographical 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 [[foot (unit of length)|feet]]). <br /> <br /> The unit is not used much; it is closely related to the [[nautical mile]], which was originally determined as 1 minute of arc along a [[great circle]] of the Earth and is nowadays defined to be exactly 1852 metres.<br /> <br /> The [[Denmark|Danish]] and [[Germany|German]] '''geographical mile''' (''mil'' and ''Meile'' respectively) is 4 minutes of arc, and was defined as approximately 7421.5 metres by the astronomer [[Ole Rømer]] of [[Denmark]]. In [[Norway]] and [[Sweden]], this 4 minute geographical mile was mainly used at sea (''sjømil''), up to the beginning of the 20th century.<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Medieval weights and measures]] for details of the geographical [[league]] of [[France]]<br /> *[[conversion of units]] <br /> *[[mile]] for the various other miles in use<br /> <br /> [[Category:Units of length]]<br /> <br /> [[da:Geografisk mil]]</div>

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