Kilometers to US Nautical Leagues calculator

Kilometers

It is now the measurement unit used officially for expressing distances between geographical places on land in most of the world; notable exceptions are the United States and the road network of the United Kingdom where the statute mile is the official unit used.

Source: Wikipedia

US Nautical Leagues

The chart you are viewing is a NGA standard nautical chart. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has partnered with OceanGrafix to provide commercial and recreational mariners with a good source of nautical chart coverage for international waters.

Source: American Nautical Services

Kilometers to US Nautical Leagues Conversion Table

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• US Nautical League (5,556 meters)

  A league is a unit of length. It was common in Europe and Latin America, but is no longer an official unit in any nation. The word originally meant the distance a person could walk in an hour. Since the Middle Ages, many values have been specified in several countries. On land, the league is most commonly defined as three miles, though the length of a mile could vary from place to place and depending on the era. At sea, a league is three nautical miles (3.452 miles; 5.556 kilometres).

• Kilometer (1,000 meters)

  The kilometre (International spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: km;) or kilometer (American spelling) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres (kilo- being the SI prefix for 1000). It is now the measurement unit used officially for expressing distances between geographical places on land in most of the world; notable exceptions are the United States and the road network of the United Kingdom where the statute mile is the official unit used.