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Definition of Geographical mile
1. Noun. A former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile.
Generic synonyms: Nautical Linear Unit
Derivative terms: Miler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Geographical Mile
Literary usage of Geographical mile
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1883)
"Scale 1:50000 or I '4 inches to a geographical mile. No. ... Scale 1: 25000 c
2'9 inches to a geographical mile. No. 20. Laufenburg. 21. Koblenz. ..."
2. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1879)
"Kreiskarten, 1 : 100000 or 1-3 geographical mile to an inch. Lith. ... 1:25000
or 3 inches to a geographical mile. Ost-Gruppe, Bl. 2 : Virchow ..."
3. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1882)
"Bourges, Scale 1 : 20000 or 3 • 6 inches to a geographical mile. Dépôt de la
Guerre Paris. 9 sheets. Price 5». (Dulau. ..."
4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1880)
"Scales 1: 50000- or 1'4 inch to a geographical mile, and 1:200000 or 2'7 geographical
... Scale 1:10000 or 7'2 inches to a geographical mile. Chromolith. ..."
5. A Descriptive Dictionary of the Indian Islands & Adjacent Countries by John Crawfurd (1856)
"The relative population is but seventy-nine to the square geographical mile.
The chief town of Zambales is Iba, or Yba, ..."
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