Nautical mile
A nautical mile a unit of distance defined as the angular measurement equal to  of a degree of latitude. A  was equal to the speed of one nautical mile per hour.

When Nyota Uhura aboard the  in 1986 Earth finally located the humpback whales George and Gracie in the Bering Sea, she determined their bearing to be 372, at a range of 600 nautical. ()

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