Dictionary definition: sea mile

Dictionary definition: nautical mile
A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units;      539 words ... ... tends to be called sea mile, whereas the nautical mile has a standardized ... International (Standard) Nautical Mile , INM ) 1  ... continue to use the nautical mile with the SI still ... distinct and variable sea mile . USA To 1954, 6 ...

Article: Fishery council, CNMI agree on 30- nautical mile ...
PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association;  March 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... unanimously voted to establish 30-nautical mile exclusion zone for long-line fishing ... this area, which is within the 200-nautical mile U.S. exclusive economic zone. This ... The intent of recommending the 30-nautical mile closed area is to avoid potential gear ...

Article: TOP FIVE / Freeport's Nautical Mile.
Newsday (Melville, NY);  April 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... establishments that line Freeport's Nautical Mile are not necessarily Long Island's ... as everyone calls it, is one of the Nautical Mile's most endearing spots. Decorated ... Woodcleft Ave., 516-546-0050. Among Nautical Mile restaurants, Rachel's has a reputation ...

Article: Are the Spratly Islets That Are Above Water at High Tide Entitled ...
Southeast Asian Affairs;  January 1, 2000 ;     652 words ... ... zone. Vietnam declared a twelve-nautical-mile territorial sea around the Spratlys ... that Malaysia has claimed a twelve-nautical-mile territorial sea around Swallow Reef ... allows countries to declare twelve-nautical-mile territorial seas around coasts and ...

Dictionary definition: International Nautical Mile
A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units;      245 words ...International Nautical Mile See nautical mile .

Article: Prime minister announces new 1,000-nautical mile ...
AP Worldstream;  December 15, 2004 ;     529 words ... ... Center for International and Global Law director Don Rothwell said the government was free to monitor ships beyond the 200-nautical-mile (230-statute-mile; 370-kilometer) limit of Australia's territorial waters. But he warned it could be breaking ...

Article: Newspaper says Australia will introduce ...
AP Worldstream;  December 14, 2004 ;     358 words ... ... that ships passing through provide details of their journey and their cargo, it said. When ships come within the 200-nautical-mile (230-statute-mile, 370-kilometer) limit of Australia's territorial waters, they will be required to give more ...