geographical mile in a sentence
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- In January 1909 he and three companions made a southern march which established a record Farthest South latitude at 88?232 S, 97 geographical miles ( 114 statute miles, 190 km ) from the South Pole.
- The Omnibus Territories Act of 2013 would convey to the government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ( CNMI ) submerged lands surrounding such Islands and extending three geographical miles outward from their coastlines.
- The bill would convey ownership of submerged lands to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ( CNMI ) from the mean high tide seaward to the point that is three geographical miles from its coast line.
- The Danish and German "'geographical mile "'( " geografisk mil " and " geographische Meile " or " geographische Landmeile ", respectively ) is 4 minutes of arc, and was defined as approximately 7421.5 metres by the astronomer Ole R�mer of Denmark.
- During the second expedition 1907 1909 he and three companions established a new record Farthest South latitude at 88�S, only 97 geographical miles ( 112 statute miles, 180 km ) from the South Pole, the largest advance to the pole in exploration history.
- Other rewards were on offer for those who presented methods that worked within 80 geographical miles of the coast ( being the most treacherous part of voyages ) and for those with promising ideas who needed help to bring them to readiness for trial.
- A geographical mile is defined to be the length of one minute of arc along the equator ( one equatorial minute of longitude ), so a degree of longitude along the equator is exactly 60 geographical miles, as there are 60 minutes in a degree.
- A geographical mile is defined to be the length of one minute of arc along the equator ( one equatorial minute of longitude ), so a degree of longitude along the equator is exactly 60 geographical miles, as there are 60 minutes in a degree.
- In 1726, the Herrenh�user Allee ( Herrenhausen alley ) was planted just through the gardens, connecting Hanover with the royal palace and gardens of Herrenhausen in the boroughs of the city; it is almost exactly one geographical mile ( 1.85 km ) long, and consists of four rows of lime trees.
- Debate began on the expansion of the Ordinance of 1784 and Thomas Jefferson s survey method hundreds of ten geographical miles square, each mile containing 6086 and 4-10ths of a foot and sub-divided into lots of one mile square each, or 850 and 4-10ths of an acre " on April 14.