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<a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Statute"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.1</span> <span>Statute</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Statute-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Welsh" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Welsh"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Welsh</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Welsh-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Scots" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Scots"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Scots</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Scots-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Irish" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Irish"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Irish</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Irish-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dutch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dutch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span>Dutch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dutch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-German" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#German"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9</span> <span>German</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-German-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Breslau" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Breslau"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.10</span> <span>Breslau</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Breslau-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Saxon" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Saxon"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.11</span> <span>Saxon</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Saxon-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hungarian" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hungarian"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.12</span> <span>Hungarian</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hungarian-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Portuguese" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Portuguese"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.13</span> <span>Portuguese</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Portuguese-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Russian" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Russian"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.14</span> <span>Russian</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Russian-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Croatian" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Croatian"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.15</span> <span>Croatian</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Croatian-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ottoman" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ottoman"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.16</span> <span>Ottoman</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ottoman-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Japanese" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Japanese"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.17</span> <span>Japanese</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Japanese-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-International" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>International</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-International-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-US_survey" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#US_survey"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>US survey</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-US_survey-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Nautical" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nautical"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Nautical</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Nautical-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Nautical subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Nautical-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Related_units" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Related_units"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Related units</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Related_units-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Geographical" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geographical"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Geographical</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Geographical-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Metric" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Metric"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Metric</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Metric-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Scandinavian" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Scandinavian"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Scandinavian</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Scandinavian-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Comparison_table" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Comparison_table"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Comparison table</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Comparison_table-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Idioms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Idioms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Idioms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Idioms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle References subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Citations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Citations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.1</span> <span>Citations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Citations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.2</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" 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class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Mile</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%9B%E1%8B%AD%E1%88%8D" title="ማይል – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ማይል" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84_(%D9%88%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A9)" title="ميل (وحدة) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ميل (وحدة)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milla" title="Milla – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Milla" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_(%C3%B6l%C3%A7%C3%BC_vahidi)" title="Mil (ölçü vahidi) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Mil (ölçü vahidi)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84_(%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%84%DA%86%D9%88_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C)" title="میل (اؤلچو بیریمی) – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="میل (اؤلچو بیریمی)" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eng-l%C3%AD" title="Eng-lí – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Eng-lí" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Миль – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Миль" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8F" title="Міля – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Міля" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8F" title="Міля – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Міля" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8F" title="Миля – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Миля" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milja" title="Milja – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Milja" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milla" title="Milla – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Milla" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%ADle" title="Míle – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Míle" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milltir" title="Milltir – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Milltir" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil" title="Mil – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Mil" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meile" title="Meile – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Meile" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%89%DE%AD%DE%8D%DE%AA" title="މޭލު – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="މޭލު" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miil" title="Miil – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Miil" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%B9" title="Μίλι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μίλι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milla" title="Milla – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Milla" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mejlo" title="Mejlo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Mejlo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milia" title="Milia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Milia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84" title="مایل – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مایل" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%ADl" title="Míl – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Míl" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mille_(unit%C3%A9)" title="Mille (unité) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Mille (unité)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myl" title="Myl – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Myl" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%ADle" title="Míle – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Míle" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milla" title="Milla – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Milla" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%88%E0%AA%B2" title="માઈલ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="માઈલ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EC%9D%BC" title="마일 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="마일" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil" title="Mil – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Mil" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%B2%D5%B8%D5%B6" title="Մղոն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մղոն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2" title="मील – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="मील" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milja" title="Milja – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Milja" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil" title="Mil – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Mil" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%ADla" title="Míla – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Míla" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miglio_(unit%C3%A0_di_misura)" title="Miglio (unità di misura) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Miglio (unità di misura)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9C_(%D7%99%D7%97%D7%99%D7%93%D7%AA_%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%93%D7%94)" title="מיל (יחידת מידה) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מיל (יחידת מידה)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil" title="Mil – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Mil" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%88%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%BF" title="ಮೈಲಿ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಮೈಲಿ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_(%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%94%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98)" title="მილი (ერთეული) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მილი (ერთეული)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8F" title="Миля – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Миля" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maili" title="Maili – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Maili" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mille_passus" title="Mille passus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Mille passus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%ABdze" title="Jūdze – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Jūdze" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meil" title="Meil – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Meil" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mylia" title="Mylia – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Mylia" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mijl" title="Mijl – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Mijl" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9rf%C3%B6ld" title="Mérföld – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Mérföld" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Милја – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Милја" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maily" title="Maily – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Maily" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%88%E0%B5%BD" title="മൈൽ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="മൈൽ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B2" title="मैल – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="मैल" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_(%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98)" title="მილი (ართული) – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="მილი (ართული)" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mnw mw-list-item"><a href="https://mnw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%90%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA" title="တိုင် – Mon" lang="mnw" hreflang="mnw" data-title="တိုင်" data-language-autonym="ဘာသာမန်" data-language-local-name="Mon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ဘာသာမန်</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batu_(ukuran)" title="Batu (ukuran) – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Batu (ukuran)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%ACng-l%C4%AB" title="Ĭng-lī – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Ĭng-lī" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%8D%D1%8D%D1%80" title="Бээр – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Бээр" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%99%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA" title="မိုင် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="မိုင်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mijl" title="Mijl – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Mijl" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB" title="マイル – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="マイル" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miil" title="Miil – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Miil" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile" title="Mile – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Mile" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milya" title="Milya – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Milya" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%B2" title="ਮੀਲ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਮੀਲ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84" title="میل – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="میل" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84" title="مایل – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="مایل" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jam mw-list-item"><a href="https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail" title="Mail – Jamaican Creole English" lang="jam" hreflang="jam" data-title="Mail" data-language-autonym="Patois" data-language-local-name="Jamaican Creole English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Patois</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mij" title="Mij – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Mij" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mila_(jednostka_d%C5%82ugo%C5%9Bci)" title="Mila (jednostka długości) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Mila (jednostka długości)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milha" title="Milha – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Milha" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil%C4%83" title="Milă – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Milă" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8F" title="Миля – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Миля" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile" title="Mile – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Mile" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miele" title="Miele – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Miele" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milja" title="Milja – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Milja" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migghiu" title="Migghiu – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Migghiu" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%AD%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%B8" title="සැතපුම – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="සැතපුම" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile" title="Mile – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Mile" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%AD%C4%BEa" title="Míľa – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Míľa" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milja" title="Milja – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Milja" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayl" title="Mayl – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Mayl" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb 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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Unit of length</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Scandinavian_mile" title="Scandinavian mile">Scandinavian mile</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nautical mile</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mile_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Mile (disambiguation)">Mile (disambiguation)</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Miles_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Miles (disambiguation)">Miles (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox ib-unit"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">mile</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image notheme" style="background-color: #f8f9fa;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Milestone,_Knightsbridge,_London_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1590514.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Milestone%2C_Knightsbridge%2C_London_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1590514.jpg/220px-Milestone%2C_Knightsbridge%2C_London_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1590514.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Milestone%2C_Knightsbridge%2C_London_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1590514.jpg/330px-Milestone%2C_Knightsbridge%2C_London_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1590514.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Milestone%2C_Knightsbridge%2C_London_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1590514.jpg/440px-Milestone%2C_Knightsbridge%2C_London_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1590514.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">A <a href="/wiki/Milestone" title="Milestone">milestone</a> in the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Westminster" title="City of Westminster">City of Westminster</a> showing the distance from Kensington Road to <a href="/wiki/Hounslow" title="Hounslow">Hounslow</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park_Corner" title="Hyde Park Corner">Hyde Park Corner</a> in miles</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">General information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/System_of_units_of_measurement" title="System of units of measurement">Unit system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Imperial_units" title="Imperial units">British imperial</a>/<a href="/wiki/US_customary_units" class="mw-redirect" title="US customary units">US customary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Unit of</th><td class="infobox-data">length</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Symbol</th><td class="infobox-data">mi. or mi, <i>(rarely)</i> m</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Conversions </th></tr><tr class="nowrap"><td>1 mi. or mi <i>in ...</i></td><td><i>... is equal to ...</i></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">   </span><a href="/wiki/SI_units" class="mw-redirect" title="SI units">SI units</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">   </span><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7003160934400000000♠"></span>1<span style="margin-left:.25em;">609</span>.344 <a href="/wiki/Metre" title="Metre">m</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">   </span><a href="/wiki/Imperial_units" title="Imperial units">imperial</a>/<a href="/wiki/US_customary_units" class="mw-redirect" title="US customary units">US</a> units</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">   </span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7003160934399999999♠"></span>63<span style="margin-left:.25em;">360</span> <a href="/wiki/Inch" title="Inch">in</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7003160934400000000♠"></span>5280 <a href="/wiki/Foot_(unit)" title="Foot (unit)">ft</a></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7003160934400000000♠"></span>1760 <a href="/wiki/Yard" title="Yard">yd</a></span></li><li>80 <a href="/wiki/Chain_(unit)" title="Chain (unit)">ch</a></li><li>8 <a href="/wiki/Furlong" title="Furlong">fur</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">   </span>US survey mile</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">   </span><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6999999998000000000♠"></span>0.999<span style="margin-left:.25em;">998</span></span> <a href="#US_survey">survey mile</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">   </span>nautical units</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">   </span>≈ <span style="white-space: nowrap">0.868<span style="margin-left: 0.25em">98</span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nmi</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236303919">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-has-images-with-white-backgrounds img{background:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-has-images-with-white-backgrounds img{background:white}}</style> <p>The <b>mile</b>, sometimes the <b>international mile</b> or <b>statute mile</b> to distinguish it from other miles, is a <a href="/wiki/Imperial_unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial unit">British imperial unit</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_customary_unit" class="mw-redirect" title="United States customary unit">United States customary unit</a> of length; both are based on the older <a href="/wiki/English_unit" class="mw-redirect" title="English unit">English unit</a> of <a href="/wiki/Unit_of_length" title="Unit of length">length</a> equal to 5,280 <a href="/wiki/Foot_(unit)" title="Foot (unit)">English feet</a>, or 1,760 <a href="/wiki/Yards" class="mw-redirect" title="Yards">yards</a>. The statute mile was standardised between the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth of Nations</a> and the United States by an <a href="/wiki/International_yard_and_pound" title="International yard and pound">international agreement in 1959</a>, when it was formally redefined with respect to <a href="/wiki/SI_units" class="mw-redirect" title="SI units">SI units</a> as exactly <span class="nowrap">1,609.344 <a href="/wiki/Metre" title="Metre">metres</a></span>. </p><p>With qualifiers, <i>mile</i> is also used to describe or translate a wide range of units derived from or roughly equivalent to the <a href="#Roman">Roman mile</a> (roughly <span class="nowrap">1.48 km</span>), such as the <a href="#Nautical">nautical mile</a> (now <span class="nowrap">1.852 km</span> exactly), the <a href="#Italian">Italian mile</a> (roughly <span class="nowrap">1.852 km</span>), and the <a href="/wiki/Li_(unit)" title="Li (unit)">Chinese mile</a> (now <span class="nowrap">500 m</span> exactly). The Romans divided their mile into 5,000 <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Roman_units_of_measurement#Length" title="Ancient Roman units of measurement">pedēs ("feet")</a>, but the greater importance of furlongs in the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_England#Tudor_period" title="Kingdom of England">Elizabethan-era England</a> meant that the <a href="#Statute">statute mile</a> was made equivalent to <span class="nowrap">8 <a href="/wiki/Furlong" title="Furlong">furlongs</a></span> or <span class="nowrap">5,280 <a href="/wiki/Foot_(unit)" title="Foot (unit)">feet</a></span> in 1593. This form of the mile then spread across the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a>, some successor states of which continue to employ the mile. The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Geological_Survey" title="United States Geological Survey">US Geological Survey</a> now employs the metre for official purposes, but legacy data from its <a href="/wiki/North_American_Datum#North_American_Datum_of_1927" title="North American Datum">1927 geodetic datum</a> has meant that a separate <a href="#US_survey">US survey mile</a> <span class="nowrap">(<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214402035">.mw-parser-output .sfrac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .sfrac.tion,.mw-parser-output .sfrac .tion{display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.5em;font-size:85%;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .sfrac .num{display:block;line-height:1em;margin:0.0em 0.1em;border-bottom:1px solid}.mw-parser-output .sfrac .den{display:block;line-height:1em;margin:0.1em 0.1em}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="sfrac">⁠<span class="tion"><span class="num">6336</span><span class="sr-only">/</span><span class="den">3937</span></span>⁠</span> km)</span> continues to see some use, although it was officially phased out in 2022. While most countries replaced the mile with the kilometre when switching to the <a href="/wiki/International_System_of_Units" title="International System of Units">International System of Units</a> (SI), the international mile continues to be used in some countries, such as the United Kingdom, the United States, and a number of countries with fewer than one million inhabitants, most of which are UK or US territories or have close historical ties with the UK or US. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name <span class="anchor" id="Etymology"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Modern_English" title="Modern English">modern English</a> word <i>mile</i> derives from <a href="/wiki/Middle_English" title="Middle English">Middle English</a> <i><span title="Middle English (1100-1500)-language text"><i lang="enm">myle</i></span></i> and <a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a> <i><span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">mīl</i></span></i>, which was <a href="/wiki/Cognate" title="Cognate">cognate</a> with all other <a href="/wiki/Germanic_languages" title="Germanic languages">Germanic</a> terms for <i>miles</i>. These derived from the <a href="/wiki/Ellipsis_(linguistics)#Nominal_ellipsis" title="Ellipsis (linguistics)">nominal ellipsis</a> form of <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">mīlle passus</i></span></i> 'mile' or <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">mīlia passuum</i></span></i> 'miles', the Roman mile of one thousand <a href="/wiki/Pace_(unit)" title="Pace (unit)">paces</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOED2002"mile,_''n.<sup>1</sup>''"_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOED2002"mile,_''n.<sup>1</sup>''"-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The present <a href="#International">international mile</a> is usually what is understood by the unqualified term <i>mile</i>. When this distance needs to be distinguished from the nautical mile, the international mile may also be described as a land mile or statute mile.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAHD2006"mile,_1"_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAHD2006"mile,_1"-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/British_English" title="British English">British English</a>, <i>statute mile</i> may refer to the present international mile or to any other form of <a href="#English">English mile</a> since the <a href="/wiki/Weights_and_Measures_Acts_(UK)#16th_century" title="Weights and Measures Acts (UK)">1593 Act of Parliament</a>, which set it as a distance of <span class="nowrap">1,760 yards</span>. Under <a href="/wiki/American_law" class="mw-redirect" title="American law">American law</a>, however, <i>statute mile</i> refers to the US survey mile.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThompson2008B.6._4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThompson2008B.6.-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Foreign and historical units translated into English as <i>miles</i> usually employ a qualifier to describe the kind of mile being used but this may be omitted if it is obvious from the context, such as a discussion of the 2nd-century <a href="/wiki/Antonine_Itinerary" title="Antonine Itinerary">Antonine Itinerary</a> describing its distances in terms of <i>miles</i> rather than <i>Roman miles</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abbreviation">Abbreviation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Abbreviation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The mile has been variously abbreviated in English—with and without a trailing period—as "mi", "M", "ml", and "m".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The American <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Standards_and_Technology" title="National Institute of Standards and Technology">National Institute of Standards and Technology</a> now uses and recommends "mi" to avoid confusion with the SI metre (m) and millilitre (ml).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEButcher2014C-16_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEButcher2014C-16-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, derived units such as <a href="/wiki/Miles_per_hour" title="Miles per hour">miles per hour</a> or <a href="/wiki/Miles_per_gallon" class="mw-redirect" title="Miles per gallon">miles per gallon</a> continue to be abbreviated as "mph" and "mpg" rather than "mi/h" and "mi/gal". In the United Kingdom, <a href="/wiki/Road_signs_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Road signs in the United Kingdom">road signs</a> use "m" as the abbreviation for mile though height and width restrictions also use "m" as the symbol for the metre, which may be displayed alongside feet and inches.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> style holds that "there is no acceptable abbreviation for 'miles<span style="padding-right:.15em;">'</span>" and so it should be spelled out when used in describing areas.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical">Historical</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Historical"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RomaForoRomanoMiliariumAureum.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/RomaForoRomanoMiliariumAureum.JPG/220px-RomaForoRomanoMiliariumAureum.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/RomaForoRomanoMiliariumAureum.JPG/330px-RomaForoRomanoMiliariumAureum.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/RomaForoRomanoMiliariumAureum.JPG/440px-RomaForoRomanoMiliariumAureum.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>The supposed remains of the <a href="/wiki/Milliarium_Aureum" title="Milliarium Aureum">Golden Milestone</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Kilometre_zero" title="Kilometre zero">zero-mile marker</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_road_network" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman road network">Roman road network</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Forum" title="Roman Forum">Roman Forum</a></figcaption></figure> <p><span class="anchor" id="Greek_mile"></span><span class="anchor" id="Byzantine_mile"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roman">Roman</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Roman"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Roman_units" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman units">Roman</a> mile</b> (<i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mille_passus" class="extiw" title="wikt:mille passus">mille passus</a></i></span></i>, <small><abbr title="literally">lit.</abbr></small> "thousand paces"; <small><abbr title="abbreviated">abbr.</abbr></small> <b>m.p.</b>; also <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">milia passuum</i></span></i><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">mille</i></span></i>) consisted of a thousand <a href="/wiki/Pace_(unit)" title="Pace (unit)">paces</a> as measured by every other step—as in the total distance of the left foot hitting the ground 1,000 times.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When <a href="/wiki/Roman_legion" title="Roman legion">Roman legionaries</a> were well-fed and harshly driven in good weather, they thus created longer miles. The distance was indirectly standardised by <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Vipsanius_Agrippa" title="Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa">Agrippa</a>'s establishment of a standard <a href="/wiki/Roman_foot" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman foot">Roman foot</a> (Agrippa's own) in 29 <a href="/wiki/Before_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Before Christ">BC</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoren1999184_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESoren1999184-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the definition of a pace as 5 feet. An Imperial Roman mile thus denoted 5,000 <a href="/wiki/Roman_feet" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman feet">Roman feet</a>. <a href="/wiki/Agrimensor" class="mw-redirect" title="Agrimensor">Surveyors</a> and specialised equipment such as the <a href="/wiki/Decempeda" class="mw-redirect" title="Decempeda">decempeda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dioptra" title="Dioptra">dioptra</a> then spread its use.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShuttleworth_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShuttleworth-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In modern times, Agrippa's Imperial Roman mile was empirically estimated to have been about 1,618 yards (1,479 m; 4,854 ft; 0.919 mi) in length, slightly less than the 1,760 yards (1,609 m; 5,280 ft) of the modern international mile.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith1875762_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith1875762-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Hellenistic_period" title="Hellenistic period">Hellenic areas</a> of the Empire, the Roman mile (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248666159">.mw-parser-output .tfd-dated{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .tfd-default{border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);clear:both;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tfd-tiny{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tfd-inline{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1)}.mw-parser-output .tfd-sidebar{border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);text-align:center;position:relative}@media(min-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .tfd-sidebar{clear:right;float:right;width:22em}}</style><span class="tfd tfd-dated tfd-tiny"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2024_November_12#Template:Lang-grc-gre" title="Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2024 November 12">‹See Tfd›</a></span><a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">μίλιον</span></span>, <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><i lang="grc-Latn">mílion</i></span>) was used beside the native <a href="/wiki/Greek_units" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek units">Greek units</a> as equivalent to 8 <a href="/wiki/Stadia_(unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stadia (unit)">stadia</a> of 600 <a href="/wiki/Greek_feet" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek feet">Greek feet</a>. The <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><i lang="grc-Latn">mílion</i></span> continued to be used as a <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_units" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantine units">Byzantine unit</a> and was also used as the name of the <a href="/wiki/Zero_mile_marker" class="mw-redirect" title="Zero mile marker">zero mile marker</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Milion" title="Milion">Milion</a>, located at the head of the <a href="/wiki/Mese_(Constantinople)" title="Mese (Constantinople)">Mese</a> near <a href="/wiki/Hagia_Sophia" title="Hagia Sophia">Hagia Sophia</a>. </p><p>The Roman mile spread throughout Europe, with its local variations giving rise to the different units.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Also arising from the Roman mile is the <a href="/wiki/Milestone" title="Milestone">milestone</a>. All roads radiated out from the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Forum" title="Roman Forum">Roman Forum</a> throughout the Empire – 50,000 (Roman) miles of stone-paved roads. At every mile was placed a shaped stone. Originally, these were <a href="/wiki/Obelisk#Ancient_Roman" title="Obelisk">obelisks</a> made from granite, marble, or whatever local stone was available. On these was carved a <a href="/wiki/Roman_numeral" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman numeral">Roman numeral</a>, indicating the number of miles from the centre of Rome – the Forum. Hence, one can know how far one is from Rome.<sup id="cite_ref-AdkinsAdkins2014_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AdkinsAdkins2014-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Italian">Italian</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Italian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Italian_units" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian units">Italian</a> mile</b> (<i><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">miglio</i></span></i>, <small><abbr title="plural">pl.</abbr></small> <i><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">miglia</i></span></i>) was traditionally considered a direct continuation of the Roman mile, equal to 1000 paces,<sup id="cite_ref-demorgan_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-demorgan-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although <a href="/wiki/Italian_units_of_measurement#Length" title="Italian units of measurement">its actual value over time or between regions</a> could vary greatly.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZupko1981"Miglio"_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZupko1981"Miglio"-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was often used in international contexts from the Middle Ages into the 17th century<sup id="cite_ref-demorgan_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-demorgan-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is thus also known as the "geographical mile",<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although the <a href="/wiki/Geographical_mile" title="Geographical mile">geographical mile</a> is now a separate standard unit. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arabic">Arabic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Arabic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Arabic_mile" title="Arabic mile">Arabic mile</a></div> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Arabic_mile" title="Arabic mile">Arabic mile</a></b> (<span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">الميل</span></span>, <span title="Arabic-language text"><i lang="ar-Latn">al-mīl</i></span>) was not the common <a href="/wiki/Arabic_unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic unit">Arabic unit</a> of <a href="/wiki/Units_of_length" class="mw-redirect" title="Units of length">length</a>; instead, <a href="/wiki/Arabs" title="Arabs">Arabs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Persian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Persian people">Persians</a> traditionally used the longer <a href="/wiki/Parasang" title="Parasang">parasang</a> or "Arabic <a href="/wiki/League_(unit)" title="League (unit)">league</a>". The Arabic mile was, however, used by <a href="/wiki/Medieval_Arab_geographers" class="mw-redirect" title="Medieval Arab geographers">medieval geographers</a> and scientists and constituted a kind of precursor to the <a href="#Nautical">nautical</a> or <a href="/wiki/Geographical_mile" title="Geographical mile">geographical mile</a>. It extended the Roman mile to fit an <a href="/wiki/Arabian_astronomy" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabian astronomy">astronomical</a> approximation of 1 <a href="/wiki/Arcminute" class="mw-redirect" title="Arcminute">arcminute</a> of <a href="/wiki/Latitude" title="Latitude">latitude</a> measured directly north-and-south along a <a href="/wiki/Meridian_(geography)" title="Meridian (geography)">meridian</a>. Although the precise value of the approximation remains disputed, it was somewhere between 1.8 and 2.0 km. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="English">English</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Yard" title="Yard">yard</a></div> <p>The "<b>old <a href="/wiki/English_units" title="English units">English</a> mile</b>" of the <a href="/wiki/Medieval_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Medieval England">medieval</a> and <a href="/wiki/Early_Modern_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Early Modern England">early modern periods</a> varied but seems to have measured about 1.3 <a href="#International">international miles</a> (2.1 km).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAndrews200370_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAndrews200370-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvans1975259_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEvans1975259-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The old English mile varied over time and location within England.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEvans1975259_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEvans1975259-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The old English mile has also been defined as 79,200 or 79,320 inches (1.25 or 1.2519 statute miles).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChaney1911484_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChaney1911484-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The English long continued the Roman computations of the mile as 5,000 feet, 1,000 <a href="/wiki/Pace_(unit)" title="Pace (unit)">paces</a>, or 8 longer divisions, which they equated with their "<a href="/wiki/Furrow" class="mw-redirect" title="Furrow">furrow</a>'s length" or <a href="/wiki/Furlong" title="Furlong">furlong</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKlein198869_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKlein198869-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The origins of English units are "extremely vague and uncertain",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm18648_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm18648-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="Chisholm 1864 not in bibliography (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> but seem to have been a combination of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_units" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman units">Roman system</a> with native <a href="/wiki/Welsh_units" title="Welsh units">British</a> and Germanic systems both derived from multiples of the <a href="/wiki/Barleycorn_(unit)" title="Barleycorn (unit)">barleycorn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Probably by the reign of <a href="/wiki/Edgar,_King_of_England" title="Edgar, King of England">Edgar</a> in the 10th century, the nominal <a href="/wiki/Prototype" title="Prototype">prototype</a> <a href="/wiki/Standard_(metrology)" title="Standard (metrology)">physical standard</a> of English length was an arm-length iron bar (a yardstick) held by the <a href="/wiki/Kings_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Kings of England">king</a> at <a href="/wiki/Winchester" title="Winchester">Winchester</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENPL_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENPL-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm18648_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm18648-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the foot was then one-third of its length. <a href="/wiki/Henry_I_of_England" title="Henry I of England">Henry I</a> was said to have made a new standard in 1101 based on his own arm.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm18648_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm18648-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the issuance of <a href="/wiki/Magna_Carta" title="Magna Carta">Magna Carta</a> in 1215, the <a href="/wiki/Baron_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baron (UK)">barons</a> of <a href="/wiki/English_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="English Parliament">Parliament</a> directed <a href="/wiki/John_Lackland" class="mw-redirect" title="John Lackland">John</a> and his son to keep the <a href="/wiki/List_of_English_kings" class="mw-redirect" title="List of English kings">king</a>'s standard measure (<i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Mensura Domini Regis</i></span></i>) and <a href="/wiki/Troy_pound" class="mw-redirect" title="Troy pound">weight</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Exchequer" title="Exchequer">Exchequer</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm18648_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm18648-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which thereafter verified local standards until its abolition in the 19th century. New <a href="/wiki/Brass" title="Brass">brass</a> standards are known to have been constructed under <a href="/wiki/Henry_VII_of_England" title="Henry VII of England">Henry VII</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth I of England">Elizabeth I</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm18644_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm18644-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Arnold's <span title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1500</span> <i>Customs of London</i> recorded a mile shorter than previous ones, coming to 0.947 international miles (5,000 feet) or 1.524 km.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKlein198869_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKlein198869-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Statute">Statute</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Statute"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Statute mile" redirects here. For the current statute mile in the United Kingdom, see <a href="#International">§ International</a>. For the statute mile in the United States, see <a href="#US_survey">§ US survey</a>.</div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Statute_mile"></span> The English <b>statute mile</b> was established by a <a href="/wiki/Weights_and_Measures_Acts_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Weights and Measures Acts of the United Kingdom">Weights and Measures</a> <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Act of Parliament">Act of Parliament</a> in 1593 during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth I of England">Queen Elizabeth I</a>. The act on the <a href="/wiki/Composition_of_Yards_and_Perches" title="Composition of Yards and Perches">Composition of Yards and Perches</a> had shortened the length of the foot and its associated measures, causing the two methods of determining the mile to diverge.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZupko197710–11,_20–21_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZupko197710–11,_20–21-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Owing to the importance of the surveyor's <a href="/wiki/Rod_(unit)" title="Rod (unit)">rod</a> in deeds and <a href="/wiki/Surveying" title="Surveying">surveying</a> undertaken under <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry VIII of England">Henry VIII</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurke1978Ch.&nbsp;9_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurke1978Ch.&nbsp;9-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> decreasing the length of the rod by <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">11</span></span> would have amounted to a significant <a href="/wiki/Land_tax" class="mw-redirect" title="Land tax">tax</a> increase. Parliament instead opted to maintain the mile of 8 <a href="/wiki/Furlongs" class="mw-redirect" title="Furlongs">furlongs</a> (which were derived from the rod) and to increase the number of feet per mile from the old Roman value.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAdams1990_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAdams1990-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The applicable passage of the statute reads: "A Mile shall contain eight Furlongs, every Furlong forty Poles,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and every Pole shall contain sixteen Foot and an half."<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The statute mile therefore contained 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKlein198869_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKlein198869-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The distance was not uniformly adopted. <a href="/wiki/Robert_Morden" title="Robert Morden">Robert Morden</a> had multiple scales on his 17th-century maps which included continuing local values: his map of <a href="/wiki/Hampshire" title="Hampshire">Hampshire</a>, for example, bore two different "miles" with a ratio of <span class="nowrap">1 : 1.23</span><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENorgate1998_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENorgate1998-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and his map of <a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a> had three scales with a ratio of <span class="nowrap">1 : 1.23 : 1.41</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorden1695_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorden1695-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In both cases, the traditional local units remained longer than the statute mile. The English statute mile was superseded in 1959 by the <a href="#International">international mile</a> by international agreement. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Welsh">Welsh</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Welsh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Welsh_units" title="Welsh units">Welsh</a> mile</b> (<i><span title="Welsh-language text"><i lang="cy">milltir</i></span></i> or <i><span title="Welsh-language text"><i lang="cy">milldir</i></span></i>) was 3 statute miles and 1,470 yards long (6.17 km). It comprised 9,000 <a href="/wiki/Pace_(unit)" title="Pace (unit)">paces</a> (<i><span title="Welsh-language text"><i lang="cy">cam</i></span></i>), each of 3 <a href="/wiki/Welsh_feet" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh feet">Welsh feet</a> (<i><span title="Welsh-language text"><i lang="cy">troedfedd</i></span></i>) of 9 inches (<i><span title="Welsh-language text"><i lang="cy">modfeddi</i></span></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOwen1841[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzYZCAAAAcAAJpgPA90_Book&nbsp;II,_Ch.&nbsp;XVII,_§5]_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOwen1841[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzYZCAAAAcAAJpgPA90_Book&nbsp;II,_Ch.&nbsp;XVII,_§5]-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (The Welsh inch is usually reckoned as equivalent to the English inch.) Along with other <a href="/wiki/Welsh_units" title="Welsh units">Welsh units</a>, it was said to have been <a href="/wiki/Molmutine_Laws" title="Molmutine Laws">codified</a> under <a href="/wiki/Dyfnwal_Moelmud" title="Dyfnwal Moelmud">Dyfnwal the Bald and Silent</a> and <a href="/wiki/Laws_of_Hywel_Dda" class="mw-redirect" title="Laws of Hywel Dda">retained unchanged</a> by <a href="/wiki/Hywel_Dda" title="Hywel Dda">Hywel the Good</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOwen1841[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzYZCAAAAcAAJpgPA89_Book&nbsp;II,_Ch.&nbsp;XVII,_§2]_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOwen1841[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzYZCAAAAcAAJpgPA89_Book&nbsp;II,_Ch.&nbsp;XVII,_§2]-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along with other Welsh units, it was discontinued following the <a href="/wiki/Edwardian_Conquest_of_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Edwardian Conquest of Wales">conquest</a> of <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Wales" title="Principality of Wales">Wales</a> by <a href="/wiki/Edward_I_of_England" title="Edward I of England">Edward I of England</a> in the 13th century. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scots">Scots</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Scots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Edinburgh_High_Street.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Edinburgh_High_Street.JPG/220px-Edinburgh_High_Street.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Edinburgh_High_Street.JPG/330px-Edinburgh_High_Street.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Edinburgh_High_Street.JPG/440px-Edinburgh_High_Street.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Royal_Mile" title="Royal Mile">Royal Mile</a>"—running from <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Castle" title="Edinburgh Castle">the castle</a> to <a href="/wiki/Holyrood_Abbey" title="Holyrood Abbey">Holyrood Abbey</a>—is roughly a Scots mile long.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Scots_units" class="mw-redirect" title="Scots units">Scots</a> mile</b> was longer than the English mile,<sup id="cite_ref-SNL_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SNL-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as mentioned by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Burns" title="Robert Burns">Robert Burns</a> in the first verse of his poem "<a href="/wiki/Tam_o%27_Shanter_(Burns_poem)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tam o' Shanter (Burns poem)">Tam o' Shanter</a>". It comprised 8 (Scots) furlongs divided into 320 <a href="/wiki/Fall_(Scots)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fall (Scots)">falls</a> or faws (Scots <a href="/wiki/Rod_(unit)" title="Rod (unit)">rods</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-DOST_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DOST-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It varied from place to place but the most accepted equivalencies are 1,976 <a href="/wiki/Imperial_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial system">Imperial</a> yards (1.123 <a href="/wiki/Statute_mile" class="mw-redirect" title="Statute mile">statute miles</a> or 1.81 km). It was legally abolished three times: first by a 1685 act of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Scotland" title="Parliament of Scotland">Scottish Parliament</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1685-4-83_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1685-4-83-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> again by the 1707 <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Union_(1707)" class="mw-redirect" title="Act of Union (1707)">Treaty of Union</a> with England,<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and finally by the <a href="/wiki/Weights_and_Measures_Act_1824" class="mw-redirect" title="Weights and Measures Act 1824">Weights and Measures Act 1824</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SNL_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SNL-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It had continued in use as a customary unit through the 18th century but had become obsolete by its final abolition. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Irish">Irish</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Irish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Irish_mile" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish mile">Irish mile</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Milestone,_Mountbellow_(geograph_5365674).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Milestone%2C_Mountbellow_%28geograph_5365674%29.jpg/220px-Milestone%2C_Mountbellow_%28geograph_5365674%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Milestone%2C_Mountbellow_%28geograph_5365674%29.jpg/330px-Milestone%2C_Mountbellow_%28geograph_5365674%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Milestone%2C_Mountbellow_%28geograph_5365674%29.jpg/440px-Milestone%2C_Mountbellow_%28geograph_5365674%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>Milestone on <a href="/wiki/Mountbellew" title="Mountbellew">Mountbellew</a> Bridge, erected <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1760</span>. Distances are given in Irish miles.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Irish mile</b> (<i><span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">míle</i></span></i> or <i><span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">míle Gaelach</i></span></i>) measured 2,240 yards: approximately 1.27 statute miles or 2.048 kilometres.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERowlett2018[httpwwwibiblioorgunits_"Irish_mile"]_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERowlett2018[httpwwwibiblioorgunits_"Irish_mile"]-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-OSIfaq_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OSIfaq-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was used in Ireland from the <a href="/wiki/Plantations_of_Ireland" title="Plantations of Ireland">16th century plantations</a> until the 19th century, with residual use into the 20th century. The units were based on "<a href="/wiki/Imperial_measure" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial measure">English measure</a>" but used a <a href="/wiki/Linear_perch" class="mw-redirect" title="Linear perch">linear perch</a> measuring 7 yards (6.4 m) as opposed to the English <a href="/wiki/Rod_(unit)" title="Rod (unit)">rod</a> of 5.5 yards (5.0 m).<sup id="cite_ref-OSIfaq_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OSIfaq-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dutch">Dutch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Dutch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mercator_scale.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Scalebar on a Mercator map" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Mercator_scale.png/290px-Mercator_scale.png" decoding="async" width="290" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Mercator_scale.png/435px-Mercator_scale.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Mercator_scale.png/580px-Mercator_scale.png 2x" data-file-width="3216" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>Scalebar on a 16th-century map made by <a href="/wiki/Gerardus_Mercator" title="Gerardus Mercator">Mercator</a>. The scalebar is expressed in "Hours walking or common Flemish miles", and includes three actual scales: small, medium and big Flemish miles.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Dutch mile</b> (<span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">mijl</i></span>) has had different definitions throughout history. One of the older definitions was 5,600 <a href="/wiki/Ell" title="Ell">ells</a>. But the length of an ell was not standardised, so that the length of a mile could range between 3,280 m and 4,280 m. In the sixteenth, the Dutch had three different miles: small (<span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">kleine</i></span>), medium (<span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">middelbaar/gemeen</i></span>), and large (<span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">groote</i></span>). The Dutch <span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">kleine</i></span> mile had the historical definition of one hour's walking (<span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">uur gaans</i></span>), which was defined as 24 stadia, 3000 paces, or 15,000 Amsterdam or Rhineland feet (respectively 4,250 m or 4,710 m). The common Dutch mile was 32 stadia, 4,000 paces, or 20,000 feet (5,660 m or 6,280 m). The large mile was defined as 5000 paces.<sup id="cite_ref-Apian_Cosmographie_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Apian_Cosmographie-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The common Dutch mile was preferred by mariners, equating with 15 to one degree of <a href="/wiki/Latitude" title="Latitude">latitude</a> or one degree of <a href="/wiki/Longitude" title="Longitude">longitude</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Equator" title="Equator">equator</a>. This was originally based upon <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy" title="Ptolemy">Ptolemy</a>'s underestimate of the Earth's circumference. The ratio of 15 Dutch miles to a degree remained fixed while the length of the mile was changed as with improved calculations of the circumference of the Earth. In 1617, <a href="/wiki/Willebrord_Snellius" title="Willebrord Snellius">Willebrord Snellius</a> calculated a degree of the circumference of the Earth at 28,500 <span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">Rijnlantsche Roeden</i></span> (within 3.5% of the actual value), which resulted in a Dutch mile of 1900 rods.<sup id="cite_ref-Metius_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Metius-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the mid-seventeenth century, map scales assigned 2000 rods to the common Dutch mile, which equalled around 7,535 m (reducing the discrepancy with latitude measurement to less than 2%). The metric system was introduced in the Netherlands in 1816, and the metric mile became a synonym for the kilometre, being exactly 1,000 m. Since 1870, the term <span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">mijl</i></span> was replaced by the equivalent <span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">kilometer</i></span>. Today, the word <span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">mijl</i></span> is no longer used, except as part of certain proverbs and <a href="/wiki/Compound_(linguistics)" title="Compound (linguistics)">compound</a> terms like <span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">mijlenver</i></span> ("miles away"). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="German">German</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: German"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="German_mile"></span><span class="anchor" id="Austrian_mile"></span><span class="anchor" id="Danish_mile"></span> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wegmasse1.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Wegmasse1.png/290px-Wegmasse1.png" decoding="async" width="290" height="792" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Wegmasse1.png/435px-Wegmasse1.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Wegmasse1.png/580px-Wegmasse1.png 2x" data-file-width="594" data-file-height="1623" /></a><figcaption>Various historic miles and leagues from an 1848 German textbook, given in feet, metres, and fractions of a "<a href="/wiki/Circle_of_longitude" class="mw-redirect" title="Circle of longitude">degree of meridian</a>"</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>German mile</b> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Meile</i></span>) was 24,000 German feet. The standardised <b>Austrian mile</b> used in southern Germany and the <a href="/wiki/Austrian_Empire" title="Austrian Empire">Austrian Empire</a> was 7.586 km; the <b>Prussian mile</b> used in northern Germany was 7.5325 km. Following its standardisation by <a href="/wiki/Ole_R%C3%B8mer" title="Ole Rømer">Ole Rømer</a> in the late 17th century, the <b>Danish mile</b> (<i><span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">mil</i></span></i>) was precisely equal to the Prussian mile and likewise divided into 24,000 feet.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERowlett2018"mil_4"_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERowlett2018"mil_4"-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These were sometimes treated as equivalent to 7.5 km. Earlier values had varied: the <span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">Sjællandske miil</i></span>, for instance, had been 11.13 km. The Germans also used a longer version of the <a href="#Geographical">geographical mile</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Breslau">Breslau</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Breslau"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Breslau_mile"></span> The <b>Breslau mile</b>, used in <a href="/wiki/Wroc%C5%82aw" title="Wrocław">Breslau</a>, and from 1630 officially in all of <a href="/wiki/Silesia" title="Silesia">Silesia</a>, equal to 11,250 <a href="/wiki/Ell" title="Ell">ells</a>, or about 6,700 meters. The mile equaled the distance from the Piaskowa Gate all the way to Psie Pole (<a href="/wiki/Psie_Pole" title="Psie Pole">Hundsfeld</a>). By rolling a circle with a radius of 5 ells through <a href="/wiki/Wyspa_Piasek" class="mw-redirect" title="Wyspa Piasek">Piaskowa Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ostr%C3%B3w_Tumski,_Wroc%C5%82aw" class="mw-redirect" title="Ostrów Tumski, Wrocław">Ostrów Tumski</a> and suburban tracts, passing eight bridges on the way, the standard Breslau mile was determined.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Saxon">Saxon</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Saxon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>Saxon post mile</b> (<i><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">kursächsische Postmeile</i></span></i> or <i><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Polizeimeile</i></span></i>, introduced on occasion of a survey of the Saxon roads in the 1700s, corresponded to 2,000 Dresden <a href="/wiki/Rod_(unit)" title="Rod (unit)">rods</a>, equivalent to 9.062 kilometres.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hungarian">Hungarian</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Hungarian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Hungarian_mile"></span> The <b>Hungarian mile</b> (<i><span title="Hungarian-language text"><i lang="hu">mérföld</i></span></i> or <i><span title="Hungarian-language text"><i lang="hu">magyar mérföld</i></span></i>) varied from 8.3790 km to 8.9374 km before being standardised as 8.3536 km. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Portuguese">Portuguese</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Portuguese"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Portuguese_mile"></span><span class="anchor" id="Brazilian_mile"></span> The <b>Portuguese mile</b> (<i><span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">milha</i></span></i>) used in Portugal and Brazil was 2.0873 km prior to metrication.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERowlett2018"milha"_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERowlett2018"milha"-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russian">Russian</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Russian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Russian_mile"></span> The <b><a href="/wiki/Obsolete_Russian_weights_and_measures" class="mw-redirect" title="Obsolete Russian weights and measures">Russian</a> mile</b> (<span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">миля</span></span> or <span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">русская миля</span></span>, <span title="Russian-language text"><i lang="ru-Latn">russkaya milya</i></span>) was 7.468 km, divided into 7 <a href="/wiki/Verst" title="Verst">versts</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Croatian">Croatian</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Croatian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Mile"></span> <span class="anchor" id="Croatian_mile"></span> The <b><a href="/wiki/Croatian_mile" class="mw-redirect" title="Croatian mile">Croatian mile</a></b> (<i><span title="Croatian-language text"><i lang="hr">hrvatska milja</i></span></i>), first devised by the <a href="/wiki/Jesuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesuit">Jesuit</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Stjepan_Glava%C4%8D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stjepan Glavač (page does not exist)">Stjepan Glavač</a> on a 1673 map, is the length of an arc of the equator subtended by <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214402035"><span class="sfrac">⁠<span class="tion"><span class="num">1</span><span class="sr-only">/</span><span class="den">10</span></span>⁠</span>° or 11.13 km exactly.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The previous Croatian mile, now known as the "<a href="/wiki/Ban_(title)" title="Ban (title)">ban</a> mile" (<i><span title="Croatian-language text"><i lang="hr">banska milja</i></span></i>), had been the Austrian mile given above.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ottoman">Ottoman</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Ottoman"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_units_of_measurement" title="Ottoman units of measurement">Ottoman mile</a></b> was 1,894.35 m (1.17709 mi), which was equal to 5,000 Ottoman foot. After 1933, the Ottoman mile was replaced with the modern Turkish mile (1,853.181 m). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Japanese">Japanese</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Japanese"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/CJK_Compatibility" title="CJK Compatibility">CJK Compatibility</a> <a href="/wiki/Unicode_block" title="Unicode block">Unicode block</a> contains square-format versions of Japanese names for measurement units as written in <a href="/wiki/Katakana" title="Katakana">katakana</a> script. Among them, there is <span class="nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886049734">.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}</style><span class="monospaced">U+3344</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">㍄</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">SQUARE MAIRU</span>, after <span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">マイル</span></span> <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">mairu</i></span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International">International</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: International"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>international mile</b> is precisely equal to <b><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7003160934400000000♠"></span>1.609<span style="margin-left:.25em;">344</span> km</span></b> (or <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214402035"><span class="sfrac">⁠<span class="tion"><span class="num">25146</span><span class="sr-only">/</span><span class="den">15625</span></span>⁠</span> km as a fraction).<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was established as part of the 1959 <a href="/wiki/International_yard_and_pound" title="International yard and pound">international yard and pound</a> agreement reached by the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the <a href="/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa" title="Union of South Africa">Union of South Africa</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBarbrow197616–17,_20_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBarbrow197616–17,_20-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which resolved small but measurable differences that had arisen from separate physical standards each country had maintained for the yard.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBigg1964_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBigg1964-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As with the earlier <a href="#Statute">statute mile</a>, it continues to comprise 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet. </p><p>The old Imperial value of the yard was used in converting measurements to metric values in India in a 1976 Act of the Indian Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the current National Topographic Database of the <a href="/wiki/Survey_of_India" title="Survey of India">Survey of India</a> is based on the metric <a href="/wiki/WGS-84" class="mw-redirect" title="WGS-84">WGS-84</a> <a href="/wiki/Datum_(geodesy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Datum (geodesy)">datum</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which is also used by the <a href="/wiki/Global_Positioning_System" title="Global Positioning System">Global Positioning System</a>. </p><p>The difference from the previous standards was 2 <a href="/wiki/Parts_per_million" class="mw-redirect" title="Parts per million">ppm</a>, or about 3.2 millimetres (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> inch) per mile. The US standard was slightly longer and the old Imperial standards had been slightly shorter than the international mile. When the international mile was introduced in English-speaking countries, the basic <a href="/wiki/Geodetic_datum" title="Geodetic datum">geodetic datum</a> in America was the <a href="/wiki/North_American_Datum" title="North American Datum">North American Datum</a> of 1927 (NAD27). This had been constructed by <a href="/wiki/Triangulation" title="Triangulation">triangulation</a> based on the definition of the foot in the <a href="/wiki/Mendenhall_Order" title="Mendenhall Order">Mendenhall Order</a> of 1893, with 1 foot = <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214402035"><span class="sfrac">⁠<span class="tion"><span class="num">1200</span><span class="sr-only">/</span><span class="den">3937</span></span>⁠</span> (≈0.304800609601) metres and the definition was retained for data derived from NAD27, but renamed the <i>US survey foot</i> to distinguish it from the international foot.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAstin1959_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAstin1959-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus a survey mile = <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214402035"><span class="sfrac">⁠<span class="tion"><span class="num">1200</span><span class="sr-only">/</span><span class="den">3937</span></span>⁠</span> × 5280 (≈1609.347218694) metres. An international mile = 1609.344 / (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214402035"><span class="sfrac">⁠<span class="tion"><span class="num">1200</span><span class="sr-only">/</span><span class="den">3937</span></span>⁠</span> × 5280) (=0.999998) survey miles. </p><p>The exact length of the land mile varied slightly among English-speaking countries until the <a href="/wiki/International_yard_and_pound" title="International yard and pound">international yard and pound</a> agreement in 1959 established the yard as exactly 0.9144 metres, giving a mile of exactly 1,609.344 metres. The US adopted this international mile for most purposes, but retained the pre-1959 mile for some land-survey data, terming it the <i>U. S. survey mile</i>. In the United States, <i>statute mile</i> normally refers to the survey mile,<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> about 3.219 mm (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> inch) longer than the international mile (the international mile is exactly 0.0002% less than the US survey mile). </p><p>While most countries abandoned the mile when switching to the <a href="/wiki/International_System_of_Units" title="International System of Units">metric system</a>, the international mile continues to be used in some countries, such as <a href="/wiki/Liberia" title="Liberia">Liberia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the United Kingdom<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also used in a number of territories with less than a million inhabitants, most of which are UK or US territories, or have close historical ties with the UK or US: American Samoa,<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bahamas,<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Belize,<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> British Virgin Islands,<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cayman Islands,<sup id="cite_ref-compasscayman.com_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-compasscayman.com-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dominica,<sup id="cite_ref-compasscayman.com_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-compasscayman.com-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Falkland Islands,<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Grenada,<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Guam,<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The N. Mariana Islands,<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Samoa,<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> St. Lucia,<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> St. Vincent & The Grenadines,<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> St. Helena,<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> St. Kitts & Nevis,<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Turks & Caicos Islands,<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the US Virgin Islands.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mile is even encountered in Canada, though this is predominantly in rail transport and horse racing, as the roadways have been metricated since 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ireland gradually replaced miles with kilometres, including in speed measurements; the process was completed in 2005. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="US_survey">US survey <span class="anchor" id="U.S._survey_mile"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: US survey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the detailed calculations of international miles to survey miles and feet (above), see <a href="#International">§ International</a>.</div> <p>The <b>US survey mile</b> is 5,280 <a href="/wiki/U.S._survey_foot" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. survey foot">US survey feet</a>, or 1,609.347 metres and 0.30480061 metres respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both are very slightly longer than the <a href="/wiki/International_mile" class="mw-redirect" title="International mile">international mile</a> and <a href="/wiki/International_foot" class="mw-redirect" title="International foot">international foot</a>. In the United States, the term <i>statute mile</i> formally refers to the survey mile,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThompson2008B.6._4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThompson2008B.6.-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but for most purposes, the difference of less than <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> inch (3.2 mm) between the survey mile and the international mile (1609.344 metres exactly) is insignificant—one international mile is <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6999999998000000000♠"></span>0.999<span style="margin-left:.25em;">998</span></span> US survey miles—so <i>statute mile</i> can be used for either. But in some cases, such as in the US <a href="/wiki/State_Plane_Coordinate_System" title="State Plane Coordinate System">State Plane Coordinate Systems</a> (SPCSs), which can stretch over hundreds of miles,<sup id="cite_ref-NGS-FAQ_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NGS-FAQ-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the accumulated difference can be significant, so it is important to note that the reference is to the US survey mile. </p><p>The United States redefined its yard in 1893, and this resulted in US and Imperial measures of distance having very slightly different lengths. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/North_American_Datum" title="North American Datum">North American Datum</a> of 1983 (NAD83), which replaced the NAD27, is defined in metres. State Plane Coordinate Systems were then updated, but the <a href="/wiki/National_Geodetic_Survey" class="mw-redirect" title="National Geodetic Survey">National Geodetic Survey</a> left individual states to decide which (if any) definition of the foot they would use. All State Plane Coordinate Systems are defined in metres, and 42 of the 50 states only use the metre-based State Plane Coordinate Systems. However, eight states also have State Plane Coordinate Systems defined in feet, seven of them in US survey feet and one in international feet.<sup id="cite_ref-NGS-FAQ_88-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NGS-FAQ-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>State legislation in the US is important for determining which conversion factor from the metric datum is to be used for land surveying and real estate transactions, even though the difference (2 <a href="/wiki/Parts_per_million" class="mw-redirect" title="Parts per million">ppm</a>) is hardly significant, given the precision of normal surveying measurements over short distances (usually much less than a mile). Twenty-four states have legislated that surveying measures be based on the US survey foot, eight have legislated that they be based on the international foot, and eighteen have not specified which conversion factor to use.<sup id="cite_ref-NGS-FAQ_88-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NGS-FAQ-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>SPCS 83 legislation refers to state legislation that has been passed or updated using the newer 1983 NAD data. Most states have done so. Two states, <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a> and <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a>, and two jurisdictions, <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a>, do not specify which foot to use.<sup id="cite_ref-NGS-FAQ_88-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NGS-FAQ-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two states, <a href="/wiki/Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a>, and four jurisdictions, <a href="/wiki/Washington,_DC" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington, DC">Washington, DC</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="United States Virgin Islands">US Virgin Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_Samoa" title="American Samoa">American Samoa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands" title="Northern Mariana Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</a>, do not have SPCS 83 legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-NGS-FAQ_88-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NGS-FAQ-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2019, <a href="/wiki/US_National_Geodetic_Survey" class="mw-redirect" title="US National Geodetic Survey">US National Geodetic Survey</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Standards_and_Technology" title="National Institute of Standards and Technology">National Institute of Standards and Technology</a> announced their joint intent to retire the US survey foot and US survey mile, as permitted by their 1959 decision, with effect on January 1, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nautical">Nautical</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Nautical"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RechtwKugeldreieck.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/RechtwKugeldreieck.svg/110px-RechtwKugeldreieck.svg.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/RechtwKugeldreieck.svg/165px-RechtwKugeldreieck.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/RechtwKugeldreieck.svg/220px-RechtwKugeldreieck.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="356" data-file-height="358" /></a><figcaption><b>On the utility of the nautical mile.</b><br />Each circle shown is a <a href="/wiki/Great_circle" title="Great circle">great circle</a>—the analogue of a line in spherical trigonometry—and hence the shortest path connecting two points on the globular surface. <a href="/wiki/Meridian_(geography)" title="Meridian (geography)">Meridians</a> are great circles that pass through the poles.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">Nautical mile</a></div> <p>The <i>nautical mile</i> was originally defined as one <a href="/wiki/Minute_of_arc" class="mw-redirect" title="Minute of arc">minute of arc</a> along a <a href="/wiki/Meridian_arc" title="Meridian arc">meridian</a> of the Earth.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMaloney197834_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMaloney197834-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Navigators use dividers to step off the distance between two points on the navigational chart, then place the open dividers against the minutes-of-latitude scale at the edge of the chart, and read off the distance in nautical miles.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMaloney197834–35_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMaloney197834–35-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Earth is not perfectly spherical but an <a href="/wiki/Oblate_spheroid" class="mw-redirect" title="Oblate spheroid">oblate spheroid</a>, so the length of a minute of latitude increases by 1% from the equator to the poles, as seen for example in the <a href="/wiki/World_Geodetic_System" title="World Geodetic System">WGS84 ellipsoid</a>, with 1,843 metres (6,046 ft) at the equator, 1,862 metres (6,108 ft) at the poles and average 1,852 metres (6,076 ft). </p><p>Since 1929 the international nautical mile is defined by the First International Extraordinary Hydrographic Conference in <a href="/wiki/Monaco" title="Monaco">Monaco</a> as exactly 1,852 metres (which is 1.151 miles or 6,076.12 feet). <sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the United States, the nautical mile was defined in the 19th century as 6,080.2 feet (1,853.24 m), whereas in the United Kingdom, the <i>Admiralty nautical mile</i> was defined as 6,080 feet (1,853.18 m) and was about one minute of latitude in the latitudes of the south of the UK. Other nations had different definitions of the nautical mile. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Related_units">Related units</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Related units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The nautical mile per hour is known as the <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knot</a>. Nautical miles and knots are almost universally used for aeronautical and maritime navigation, because of their relationship with degrees and minutes of latitude and the convenience of using the latitude scale on a map for distance measuring. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Data_mile" title="Data mile">data mile</a> is used in <a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">radar</a>-related subjects and is equal to 6,000 feet (1.8288 kilometres).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERowlett2018"data_mile"_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERowlett2018"data_mile"-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Radar_mile" title="Radar mile">radar mile</a> is a unit of time (in the same way that the <a href="/wiki/Light_year" class="mw-redirect" title="Light year">light year</a> is a unit of distance), equal to the time required for a radar pulse to travel a distance of two miles (one mile each way). Thus, the radar statute mile is 10.8 μs and the radar nautical mile is 12.4 μs.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERowlett2018"radar_mile"_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERowlett2018"radar_mile"-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geographical">Geographical</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Geographical"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Geographical_mile" title="Geographical mile">Geographical mile</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Geographical_mile" title="Geographical mile">geographical mile</a> is based upon the length of a <a href="/wiki/Meridian_(geography)" title="Meridian (geography)">meridian</a> of <a href="/wiki/Latitude" title="Latitude">latitude</a>. The German geographical mile (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">geographische Meile</i></span>) was previously <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">15</span></span>° of latitude (7.4127 km).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERowlett2018"meile"_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERowlett2018"meile"-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Metric">Metric</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Metric"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Metric_mile" title="Metric mile">Metric mile</a></div> <p>The informal term "metric mile" is used in some countries, in sports such as <a href="/wiki/Track_and_field_athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="Track and field athletics">track and field athletics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Speed_skating" title="Speed skating">speed skating</a>, to denote a distance of 1,500 metres (0.932 miles). The <a href="/wiki/1500_meters" class="mw-redirect" title="1500 meters">1500 meters</a> is the premier <a href="/wiki/Middle_distance_running" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle distance running">middle distance running</a> event in <a href="/wiki/Olympic_sports" title="Olympic sports">Olympic sports</a>. In United States high-school competition, the term is sometimes used for a race of 1,600 metres (0.994 miles).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERowlett2018"mile"_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERowlett2018"mile"-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scandinavian">Scandinavian</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Scandinavian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Scandinavian_mile" title="Scandinavian mile">Scandinavian mile</a></div> <p>The Scandinavian mile (<i><span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">mil</i></span></i>) remains in common use in Norway and Sweden, where it has meant precisely 10 km since metrication in 1889.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERowlett2018"mil_4"_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERowlett2018"mil_4"-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is used in informal situations and in measurements of fuel consumption, which are often given as litres per <i><span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">mil</i></span></i>. In formal situations (such as official road signs) only kilometres are given. </p><p>The Swedish mile was standardised as 36,000 Swedish feet or 10.6884 kilometres (6.6415 miles) in 1649; before that it varied by <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Sweden" title="Provinces of Sweden">province</a> from about 6 to 14.485 km.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERowlett2018"mil_4"_47-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERowlett2018"mil_4"-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before metrication, the Norwegian mile was 11.298 kilometres (7.020 miles). </p><p>The traditional Finnish <i><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">peninkulma</i></span></i> was translated as <i><a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>: <i lang="sv">mil</i></i> and also set equal to 10 km during metrication in 1887, but is much less commonly used. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Comparison_table">Comparison table</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Comparison table"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A comparison of the different lengths for a "mile", in different countries and at different times in history, is given in the table below. <a href="/wiki/League_(unit)" title="League (unit)">Leagues</a> are also included in this list because, in terms of length, they fall in between the short West European miles and the long North, Central and Eastern European miles. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Length (m)</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Country used</th> <th>From</th> <th>To</th> <th>Definition</th> <th>Remarks </th></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>500</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Li_(unit)" title="Li (unit)">lǐ</a></i></td> <td>mainland <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a></td> <td>1984</td> <td>today</td> <td>1,500 <i><a href="/wiki/Chi_(unit)" title="Chi (unit)">chi</a></i></td> <td>In Chinese, this unit and the imperial mile are written using the same word (里), with a qualifier to distinguish between systems if needed </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>960–1,152</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Biblical_mile" title="Biblical mile"> Talmudic mil</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Land_of_Israel" title="Land of Israel">Land of Israel/Canaan</a></td> <td></td> <td>today</td> <td>2,000 amot (<a href="/wiki/Cubits" class="mw-redirect" title="Cubits">cubits</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Biblical_and_Talmudic_units_of_measurement" title="Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement">Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>1,480</td> <td>mille passus, milliarium</td> <td>Roman Empire</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Roman_units_of_measurement" title="Ancient Roman units of measurement">Ancient Roman units of measurement</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>1,486.6</td> <td>miglio<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Sicily</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>1,524</td> <td>London mile</td> <td>England</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>1,609.3426</td> <td>(statute) mile</td> <td>England/UK</td> <td>1592</td> <td>1959</td> <td>1,760 yards</td> <td>Over the course of time, the length of a yard changed several times and consequently so did the English, and from 1824, the imperial mile. The statute mile was introduced in 1592 during the reign of Queen <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I" title="Elizabeth I">Elizabeth I</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #FFEBAD"> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><b>1,609.344</b></td> <td>mile</td> <td>some English speaking countries<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="Which ones? (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></td> <td>1959</td> <td>today</td> <td>1,760 <a href="/wiki/Yard" title="Yard">yards</a></td> <td>On 1 July 1959, the imperial mile was standardized to an exact length in metres. This figure corresponds to 5280 feet at 25.4 millimeters per inch. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>1,609.3472</td> <td>(statute) mile</td> <td>United States</td> <td>1893</td> <td>2022</td> <td>1,760 yards</td> <td>From 1959 also called the <a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_the_imperial_and_US_customary_measurement_systems" title="Comparison of the imperial and US customary measurement systems">US Survey Mile</a>. From then, its only utility has been land survey, before it was the standard mile. From 1893, its exact length in metres was: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214402035"><span class="sfrac">⁠<span class="tion"><span class="num">3600</span><span class="sr-only">/</span><span class="den">3937</span></span>⁠</span> × 1760 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>1,807</td> <td>Scots mile</td> <td>Scotland</td> <td></td> <td>1685</td> <td>5,920 feet</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>1,820</td> <td></td> <td>Italy</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #FFEBAD"> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><b>1,852</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nautical mile</a></td> <td>international</td> <td></td> <td>today</td> <td>approx. 1 <a href="/wiki/Minute_of_arc" class="mw-redirect" title="Minute of arc">minute of arc</a></td> <td>Measured at a circumference of 40,000 km. Abbreviation: NM, nm </td></tr> <tr style="background: #E0E0E0"> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>1,852.3</td> <td>(for comparison)</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1 meridian minute</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>1,853.181</td> <td>nautical mile</td> <td>Turkey</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #E0E0E0"> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>1,855.4</td> <td>(for comparison)</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1 equatorial minute</td> <td>Although the NM was defined on the basis of the minute, it varies from the equatorial minute, because at that time the circumference of the equator could only be estimated at 40,000 km. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>2,065</td> <td></td> <td>Portugal</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>2,220</td> <td>Gallo-Roman league</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gallo-Roman_culture" title="Gallo-Roman culture">Gallo-Roman culture</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1.5 miles</td> <td>Under the reign of Emperor <a href="/wiki/Septimius_Severus" title="Septimius Severus">Septimius Severus</a>, this replaced the Roman mile as the official unit of distance in the <a href="/wiki/Gauls" title="Gauls">Gallic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Germanic_peoples" title="Germanic peoples">Germanic</a> provinces, although there were regional and temporal variations.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>2,470</td> <td></td> <td>Sardinia, Piemont</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>2,622</td> <td></td> <td>Scotland</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>2,880</td> <td></td> <td>Ireland</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>3,780</td> <td></td> <td>Flanders</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>3,898</td> <td>French lieue (post league)</td> <td>France</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2,000 "body lengths"</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>3,927</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ri_(unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ri (unit)">Ri</a></i></td> <td>Japan</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>12,960 <i><a href="/wiki/Shaku_(unit)" title="Shaku (unit)">shaku</a></i></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>4,000</td> <td><i>general</i> or <i>metric league</i></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>4,000</td> <td>legue</td> <td>Guatemala</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>4,190</td> <td>legue</td> <td>Mexico<sup id="cite_ref-BI_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BI-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>= 2,500 tresas = 5,000 varas</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>4,444.8</td> <td>landleuge</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">25</span></span>° of a circle of longitude</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>4,452.2</td> <td>lieue commune</td> <td>France</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Units_of_measurement_in_France_before_the_French_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Units of measurement in France before the French Revolution">Units of measurement in France before the French Revolution</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>4,513</td> <td>legue</td> <td>Paraguay</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>4,513</td> <td>legua</td> <td>Chile,<sup id="cite_ref-BI_101-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BI-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Guatemala, Haiti)</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>= 36 cuadros = 5,400 varas</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>4,808</td> <td></td> <td>Switzerland</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>4,828</td> <td>English <i>land league</i></td> <td>England</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3 miles</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>4,800<br /><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>4,900</td> <td>Germanic <i>rasta</i>, also <i>doppelleuge</i> <br />(double league)</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>5,000 </td> <td>légua nova </td> <td>Portugal<sup id="cite_ref-BI_101-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BI-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>5,196</td> <td>legua</td> <td>Bolivia<sup id="cite_ref-BI_101-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BI-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>= 40 ladres</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>5,152</td> <td>legua Argentina</td> <td>Argentina, Buenos Aires<sup id="cite_ref-BI_101-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BI-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>= 6,000 varas</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>5,154</td> <td>legue</td> <td>Uruguay</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>5,200</td> <td>Bolivian legua</td> <td>Bolivia</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>5,370</td> <td>legue</td> <td>Venezuela</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>5,500</td> <td>Portuguese legua</td> <td>Portugal</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>5,510</td> <td>legue</td> <td>Ecuador</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>5,510</td> <td>Ecuadorian legua</td> <td>Ecuador</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>5,532.5</td> <td>Landleuge<br />(state league)</td> <td>Prussia</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Obsolete_German_units_of_measurement" class="mw-redirect" title="Obsolete German units of measurement">Obsolete German units of measurement</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>5,540</td> <td>legue</td> <td>Honduras</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>5,556</td> <td>Seeleuge (nautical league)</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">20</span></span>° of a circle of longitude <br />3 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nautical miles</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>5,570</td> <td>legua</td> <td>Spain and Chile</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spanish_customary_units" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish customary units">Spanish customary units</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>5,572</td> <td>legua</td> <td>Colombia<sup id="cite_ref-BI_101-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BI-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>= 3 Millas</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>5,572.7</td> <td>legue</td> <td>Peru<sup id="cite_ref-BI_101-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BI-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>= 20,000 feet </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>5,572.7</td> <td>legua Antigua<br />old league</td> <td>Spain<sup id="cite_ref-BI_101-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BI-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>= 3 millas = 15,000 feet</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>5,590 </td> <td>légua </td> <td>Brazil<sup id="cite_ref-BI_101-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BI-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>= 5,000 varas = 2,500 bracas</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>5,600</td> <td>Brazilian legua</td> <td>Brazil</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>5,685</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_units_of_measurement" title="Ottoman units of measurement">Fersah</a></i> (Turkish league)</td> <td>Ottoman Empire</td> <td></td> <td>1933</td> <td>4 Turkish miles</td> <td>Derived from Persian <span title="Persian-language text"><i lang="fa"><a href="/wiki/Parasang" title="Parasang">parasang</a></i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>5,840<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Dutch mile</td> <td>Holland</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>6,170</td> <td>milltir</td> <td>Wales</td> <td></td> <td>13thC</td> <td>9,000 camau ( = 27,000 troedfeddi = 243,000 inches)</td> <td>Eclipsed by the conquest of Wales by Edward I </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>6,197 </td> <td>légua antiga </td> <td>Portugal<sup id="cite_ref-BI_101-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BI-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>= 3 milhas = 24 estadios</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>6,240</td> <td>Persian legue</td> <td>Persia</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>6,277</td> <td></td> <td>Luxembourg</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>6,280</td> <td></td> <td>Belgium</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>6,687.24</td> <td>legua nueva<br />new league, since 1766</td> <td>Spain<sup id="cite_ref-BI_101-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BI-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>= 8,000 varas</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>6,700 </td> <td>Breslau mile </td> <td>Silesia </td> <td>1630 </td> <td>1872 </td> <td> </td> <td>Also known as <span title="Polish-language text"><i lang="pl">mila wrocławska</i></span> in Polish </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>6,797</td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Landvermessermeile</i></span><br />(state survey mile)</td> <td>Saxony</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Obsolete_German_units_of_measurement" class="mw-redirect" title="Obsolete German units of measurement">Obsolete German units of measurement</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>7,400</td> <td></td> <td>Netherlands</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #E0E0E0"> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>7,409</td> <td>(for comparison)</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>4 meridian minutes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>7,419.2</td> <td></td> <td>Kingdom of Hanover</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Obsolete_German_units_of_measurement" class="mw-redirect" title="Obsolete German units of measurement">Obsolete German units of measurement</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>7,419.4</td> <td></td> <td>Duchy of Brunswick</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Obsolete_German_units_of_measurement" class="mw-redirect" title="Obsolete German units of measurement">Obsolete German units of measurement</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>7,420.4<br /><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>7,414.9</td> <td></td> <td>Bavaria</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Obsolete_German_units_of_measurement" class="mw-redirect" title="Obsolete German units of measurement">Obsolete German units of measurement</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>7,420.439</td> <td>geographic mile</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">15</span></span> equatorial <a href="/wiki/Gon_(angle)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gon (angle)">grads</a> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute#Disputed_statement" title="Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute"><span title="Should be degree, not grad (1/15 grad would be 6,679 km) (April 2018)">dubious</span></a> – <a href="/wiki/Talk:Mile#Geographic_mile_=_1/15_grad,_or_degree?" title="Talk:Mile">discuss</a></i>]</sup></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #E0E0E0"> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>7,421.6</td> <td>(for comparison)</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>4 equatorial minutes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>7,448.7</td> <td></td> <td>Württemberg</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Obsolete_German_units_of_measurement" class="mw-redirect" title="Obsolete German units of measurement">Obsolete German units of measurement</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>7,450</td> <td></td> <td>Hohenzollern</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Obsolete_German_units_of_measurement" class="mw-redirect" title="Obsolete German units of measurement">Obsolete German units of measurement</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>7,467.6</td> <td></td> <td>Russia</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>7 verst</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Obsolete_Russian_units_of_measurement" class="mw-redirect" title="Obsolete Russian units of measurement">Obsolete Russian units of measurement</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>7,480</td> <td></td> <td>Bohemia</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>7,500</td> <td>kleine / neue Postmeile<br />(small/new postal mile)</td> <td>Saxony</td> <td></td> <td>1840</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_German_Confederation" title="North German Confederation">North German Confederation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Hesse" title="Grand Duchy of Hesse">Grand Duchy of Hesse</a>, Russia. <a href="/wiki/Obsolete_German_units_of_measurement" class="mw-redirect" title="Obsolete German units of measurement">Obsolete German units of measurement</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>7,532.5</td> <td>Land(es)meile<br />(German state mile)</td> <td>Denmark, Hamburg, <a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussia</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Primarily for Denmark defined by <a href="/wiki/Ole_R%C3%B8mer" title="Ole Rømer">Ole Rømer</a>. <a href="/wiki/Obsolete_German_units_of_measurement" class="mw-redirect" title="Obsolete German units of measurement">Obsolete German units of measurement</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>7,585.9</td> <td>Postmeile<br />(post mile)</td> <td>Austro-Hungary</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Austrian_units_of_measurement" class="mw-redirect" title="Austrian units of measurement">Austrian units of measurement</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>7,850</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mil%C4%83&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Milă (page does not exist)">Milă</a></td> <td>Romania</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>8,534.31 </td> <td>Mila </td> <td>Poland </td> <td>1819 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>7146 meters before 1819, also equaled 7 <a href="/wiki/Verst" title="Verst">verst</a><sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>8,800</td> <td></td> <td>Schleswig-Holstein</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Obsolete_German_units_of_measurement" class="mw-redirect" title="Obsolete German units of measurement">Obsolete German units of measurement</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>8,888.89</td> <td></td> <td>Baden</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Obsolete_German_units_of_measurement" class="mw-redirect" title="Obsolete German units of measurement">Obsolete German units of measurement</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>9,062</td> <td>mittlere Post- / Polizeimeile<br />(middle post mile or police mile)</td> <td>Saxony</td> <td></td> <td>1722</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Obsolete_German_units_of_measurement" class="mw-redirect" title="Obsolete German units of measurement">Obsolete German units of measurement</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>9,206.3</td> <td></td> <td>Electorate of Hesse</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Obsolete_German_units_of_measurement" class="mw-redirect" title="Obsolete German units of measurement">Obsolete German units of measurement</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #E0E0E0"> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>9,261.4</td> <td>(for comparison)</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>5 meridian minutes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #E0E0E0"> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>9,277</td> <td>(for comparison)</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>5 equatorial minutes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>9,323</td> <td>alte Landmeile<br />(old state mile)</td> <td>Hanover</td> <td></td> <td>1836</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Obsolete_German_units_of_measurement" class="mw-redirect" title="Obsolete German units of measurement">Obsolete German units of measurement</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>9,347</td> <td>alte Landmeile<br />(old state mile)</td> <td>Hanover</td> <td></td> <td>1836</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Obsolete_German_units_of_measurement" class="mw-redirect" title="Obsolete German units of measurement">Obsolete German units of measurement</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>9,869.6</td> <td></td> <td>Oldenburg</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10,000</td> <td>metric mile, <a href="/wiki/Scandinavian_mile" title="Scandinavian mile">Scandinavian mile</a></td> <td>Norway, Sweden</td> <td></td> <td>today</td> <td></td> <td>Still commonly used today, e.g. for road distances; equates to the <a href="/wiki/Myriametre" class="mw-redirect" title="Myriametre">myriametre</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10,044</td> <td>große Meile<br />(great mile)</td> <td>Westphalia</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Obsolete_German_units_of_measurement" class="mw-redirect" title="Obsolete German units of measurement">Obsolete German units of measurement</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10,670</td> <td></td> <td>Finland</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10,688.54</td> <td>mil</td> <td>Sweden</td> <td></td> <td>1889</td> <td></td> <td>In normal speech, "mil" means a Scandinavian mile of 10 km. </td></tr> <tr style="background: #E0E0E0"> <td>11,113.7</td> <td>(for comparison)</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>6 meridian minutes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #E0E0E0"> <td>11,132.4</td> <td>(for comparison)</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>6 equatorial minutes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11,299</td> <td>mil</td> <td>Norway</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>was equivalent to 3,000 Rhenish <a href="/wiki/Rod_(unit)" title="Rod (unit)">rods</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Similar units: </p> <ul><li>1,066.8 m – <a href="/wiki/Verst" title="Verst">verst</a>, see also <a href="/wiki/Obsolete_Russian_units_of_measurement" class="mw-redirect" title="Obsolete Russian units of measurement">obsolete Russian units of measurement</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Idioms">Idioms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Idioms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The mile is still used in a variety of <a href="/wiki/Idioms" class="mw-redirect" title="Idioms">idioms</a>, even in English-speaking countries that have moved from the Imperial to the metric system (for example, Australia, Canada, or New Zealand). These idioms include: </p> <ul><li>A <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/country_mile" class="extiw" title="wikt:country mile">country mile</a></i> is used <a href="/wiki/Colloquialism" title="Colloquialism">colloquially</a> to denote a very long distance.</li> <li><i>"A miss is as good as a mile"</i> (failure by a narrow margin is no better than any other failure)</li> <li><i>"Give him an inch and he'll take a mile"</i> – a corruption of <i>"Give him an inch and he'll take an <a href="/wiki/Ell" title="Ell">ell</a>"</i><sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Heywood1562_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Heywood1562-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (the person in question will become greedy if shown generosity)</li> <li><i>"Missed by a mile"</i> (missed by a wide margin)</li> <li><i>"Go a mile a minute"</i> (move very quickly)</li> <li><i>"Talk a mile a minute"</i> (speak at a rapid rate)</li> <li><i>"To go the extra mile"</i> (to put in extra effort)</li> <li><i>"Miles away"</i> (lost in thought, or daydreaming)</li> <li><i>"<a href="/wiki/Milestone" title="Milestone">Milestone</a>"</i> (an event indicating significant progress)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Glasgow%27s_miles_better" title="Glasgow's miles better">Glasgow's miles better</a></i>, a touristic campaign.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output 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dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biblical_mile" title="Biblical mile">Biblical mile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_mile" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese mile">Chinese mile</a> (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">里</span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Data_mile" title="Data mile">Data mile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Food_miles" title="Food miles">Food miles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four-minute_mile" title="Four-minute mile">Four-minute mile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geographical_mile" title="Geographical mile">Geographical mile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medieval_weights_and_measures" title="Medieval weights and measures">Medieval weights and measures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mile_run" title="Mile run">Mile run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scandinavian_mile" title="Scandinavian mile">Scandinavian mile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Section_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Section line">Section lines</a></li></ul></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Exactly <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214402035"><span class="sfrac">⁠<span class="tion"><span class="num">50292</span><span class="sr-only">/</span><span class="den">57875</span></span>⁠</span> nmi</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A <a href="/wiki/Partitive_genitive" class="mw-redirect" title="Partitive genitive">partitive genitive</a> construction literally meaning "one thousand of paces".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELease1905211_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELease1905211-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The <span title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1300</span> <a href="/wiki/Composition_of_Yards_and_Perches" title="Composition of Yards and Perches">Composition of Yards and Perches</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Statutes_of_uncertain_date" title="Statutes of uncertain date">statute of uncertain date</a> usually reckoned as an enactment of <a href="/wiki/Edward_I_of_England" title="Edward I of England">Edward I</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENPL_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENPL-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <a href="/wiki/Edward_II_of_England" title="Edward II of England">II</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm18648_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm18648-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> notionally continued to derive English units from three barleycorns "dry and round" to the inch<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENPL_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENPL-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and this statute remained in force until the 1824 <a href="/wiki/Weights_and_Measures_Acts_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Weights and Measures Acts of the United Kingdom">Weights and Measures Act</a> establishing the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_units" title="Imperial units">Imperial system</a>. In practice, official measures were verified using the standards at the Exchequer or simply ignored.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm186437_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm186437-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Pole" being another name for the <a href="/wiki/Rod_(unit)" title="Rod (unit)">rod</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">When reading the document it helps to bear in mind that 999,998 = 3,937 × 254.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mile&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: 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Forschungsgruppe Kursächsische Postmeilensäulen e.V. und 1. Sächsischer Postkutschenverein e.V. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.poststrassen-erleben.de/geschichten/historie-der-postsaeulen.html">the original</a> on 5 February 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 February</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Historie+der+Posts%C3%A4ulen&rft.pub=Forschungsgruppe+Kurs%C3%A4chsische+Postmeilens%C3%A4ulen+e.V.+und+1.+S%C3%A4chsischer+Postkutschenverein+e.V.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.poststrassen-erleben.de%2Fgeschichten%2Fhistorie-der-postsaeulen.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMile" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERowlett2018"milha"-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERowlett2018"milha"_51-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRowlett2018">Rowlett (2018)</a>, "milha".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="languageicon">(in Croatian)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://public.carnet.hr/zuh/do1874/nv17/nv17_11.htm">"Centuries of Natural Science in Croatia : Theory and Application"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090102203839/http://public.carnet.hr/zuh/do1874/nv17/nv17_11.htm">Archived</a> 2 January 2009 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. Kartografija i putopisi.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFViličićLapaine2016" class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Viličić, Marina; Lapaine, Miljenko (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hrcak.srce.hr/170966">"Hrvatska milja na starim kartama"</a> [The Croatian Mile on Old Maps] <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Kartografija I Geoinformacije</i> (in Croatian and English). <b>15</b> (25). Zagreb: Croatian Cartographic Society: 4–22. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190708152342/https://hrcak.srce.hr/170966">Archived</a> from the original on 8 July 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 July</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Kartografija+I+Geoinformacije&rft.atitle=Hrvatska+milja+na+starim+kartama&rft.volume=15&rft.issue=25&rft.pages=4-22&rft.date=2016&rft.aulast=Vili%C4%8Di%C4%87&rft.aufirst=Marina&rft.au=Lapaine%2C+Miljenko&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fhrcak.srce.hr%2F170966&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMile" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOpačić2003" class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Opačić, Nives (23 February 2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200214030504/http://www.matica.hr/vijenac/232/Mrvice%20s%20banskoga%20stola/">"Mrvice s banskoga stola"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Vijenac" title="Vijenac">Vijenac</a></i> (in Croatian). No. 232. Zagreb: <a href="/wiki/Matica_hrvatska" title="Matica hrvatska">Matica hrvatska</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.matica.hr/vijenac/232/Mrvice%20s%20banskoga%20stola/">the original</a> on 14 February 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 July</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Vijenac&rft.atitle=Mrvice+s+banskoga+stola&rft.issue=232&rft.date=2003-02-23&rft.aulast=Opa%C4%8Di%C4%87&rft.aufirst=Nives&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.matica.hr%2Fvijenac%2F232%2FMrvice%2520s%2520banskoga%2520stola%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMile" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2">"Schedule I, Part VI", <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/72/schedules"><i>Weights & Measures Act of 1985</i></a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111127060936/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/72/schedules">archived</a> from the original on 27 November 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 July</span> 2011</span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Schedule+I%2C+Part+VI&rft.btitle=Weights+%26+Measures+Act+of+1985&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fukpga%2F1985%2F72%2Fschedules&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMile" class="Z3988"></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1,760 yards × 0.9144 m/yard.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBarbrow197616–17,_20-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBarbrow197616–17,_20_57-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBarbrow1976">Barbrow (1976)</a>, pp. 16–17, 20.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBigg1964-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBigg1964_58-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBigg1964">Bigg (1964)</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFParliament_of_India1976" class="citation web cs1">Parliament of India (8 April 1976). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091112174359/http://202.54.104.236/intranet/eip/legislation/uploads/THE%2520STANDARDS%2520OF%2520WEIGHTS%2520AND%2520MEASURES%2520ACT%25201976.pdf">"The Standards of Weights and Measures Act"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Act No. 60 of 1976. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://202.54.104.236/intranet/eip/legislation/uploads/THE%2520STANDARDS%2520OF%2520WEIGHTS%2520AND%2520MEASURES%2520ACT%25201976.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 12 November 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 March</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Standards+of+Weights+and+Measures+Act&rft.date=1976-04-08&rft.au=Parliament+of+India&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2F202.54.104.236%2Fintranet%2Feip%2Flegislation%2Fuploads%2FTHE%252520STANDARDS%252520OF%252520WEIGHTS%252520AND%252520MEASURES%252520ACT%2525201976.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMile" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Survey_of_India" title="Survey of India">Survey of India</a>, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.surveyofindia.gov.in/tenders/nationalmappolicy/nationalmappolicy.pdf">National Map Policy – 2005</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100331035549/http://www.surveyofindia.gov.in/tenders/nationalmappolicy/nationalmappolicy.pdf">Archived</a> 2010-03-31 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAstin1959-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAstin1959_61-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAstin1959">Astin (1959)</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.convertunits.com/from/mile+%5Bstatute%5D/to/mile+%5Bstatute,+US%5D">Convert mile [statute] to mile [statute, US]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150220024313/http://www.convertunits.com/from/mile+%5Bstatute%5D/to/mile+%5Bstatute,+US%5D">Archived</a> 20 February 2015 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> "1 metre is equal to <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6996621371192237000♠"></span>0.000<span style="margin-left:.25em;">621</span><span style="margin-left:.25em;">371</span><span style="margin-left:.25em;">192</span><span style="margin-left:.25em;">237</span></span> mile [statute], or <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6996621369949495000♠"></span>0.000<span style="margin-left:.25em;">621</span><span style="margin-left:.25em;">369</span><span style="margin-left:.25em;">949</span><span style="margin-left:.25em;">495</span></span> mile [statute, US]. ... The U.S. statute mile (or survey mile) is defined by the survey foot. This is different from the international statute mile, which is defined as exactly 1609.344 metres. The U.S. statute mile is defined as 5,280 U.S. survey feet, which is around <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7003160934721900000♠"></span>1<span style="margin-left:.25em;">609</span>.347<span style="margin-left:.25em;">219</span></span> metres."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-64">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/File:Naypyitaw_Tollbooth.jpg" title="File:Naypyitaw Tollbooth.jpg">File:Naypyitaw Tollbooth.jpg</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-65">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1804/made">"The Units of Measurement Regulations 1995"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Legislation.gov.uk" title="Legislation.gov.uk">legislation.gov.uk</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/The_National_Archives_(United_Kingdom)" title="The National Archives (United Kingdom)">The National Archives</a>, SI 1995/1804</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=legislation.gov.uk&rft.atitle=The+Units+of+Measurement+Regulations+1995&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Flegislation.gov.uk%2Fuksi%2F1995%2F1804%2Fmade&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMile" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-66">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iihs.org/laws/speedlimits.aspx">Maximum posted speed limits</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110923192742/http://www.iihs.org/laws/speedlimits.aspx">Archived</a> 23 September 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (US) IIHS. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://virginislandsdailynews.com/sports/butler-outduels-archrival-to-win-8-tuff-miles-1.1277646">the original</a> on 16 September 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 January</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Virgin+Islands+Daily+News&rft.atitle=Butler+outduels+archrival+to+win+8+Tuff+Miles&rft.date=2012-02-27&rft.au=AARON+GRAY+%28Daily+News+Staff%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fvirginislandsdailynews.com%2Fsports%2Fbutler-outduels-archrival-to-win-8-tuff-miles-1.1277646&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMile" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-83"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-83">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBranch2021" class="citation web cs1">Branch, Legislative Services (19 April 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/W-6/page-2.html">"Consolidated federal laws of Canada, Weights and Measures Act"</a>. <i>laws-lois.justice.gc.ca</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230310044527/https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/W-6/page-2.html">Archived</a> from the original on 10 March 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 March</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=laws-lois.justice.gc.ca&rft.atitle=Consolidated+federal+laws+of+Canada%2C+Weights+and+Measures+Act&rft.date=2021-04-19&rft.aulast=Branch&rft.aufirst=Legislative+Services&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Flaws-lois.justice.gc.ca%2Feng%2Facts%2FW-6%2Fpage-2.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMile" class="Z3988"></span><div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>Act current to 18 January 2012. Canadian units (5) The Canadian units of measurement are as set out and defined in Schedule II, and the symbols and abbreviations therefor are as added pursuant to subparagraph 6(1)(b)(ii).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-84"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-84">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/W-6/page-15.html/">Weights and Measures Act</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121016084035/http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/W-6/page-15.html/">Archived</a> 16 October 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-85"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-85">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGovernment_of_Canada2011" class="citation web cs1">Government of Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada (26 October 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/rail/2010/r10e0096/r10e0096.html">"Railway Investigation Report R10E0096 - Transportation Safety Board of Canada"</a>. <i>www.tsb.gc.ca</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220914190153/https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/rail/2010/r10e0096/r10e0096.html">Archived</a> from the original on 14 September 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 March</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.tsb.gc.ca&rft.atitle=Railway+Investigation+Report+R10E0096+-+Transportation+Safety+Board+of+Canada&rft.date=2011-10-26&rft.aulast=Government+of+Canada&rft.aufirst=Transportation+Safety+Board+of+Canada&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tsb.gc.ca%2Feng%2Frapports-reports%2Frail%2F2010%2Fr10e0096%2Fr10e0096.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMile" class="Z3988"></span><div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>February 2012, Rail Report – 2010 – Report Number R10E0096. Other Factual Information (See Figure 1). 2. 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Canadian railways have not been metricated and therefore continue to measure trackage in miles and speed in miles per hour.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-86"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-86">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hastingspark.com/racing/factbook.aspx">Hastings Racecourse Fact Book</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120418172501/http://www.hastingspark.com/racing/factbook.aspx">Archived</a> 18 April 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Like Canadian railways, Canadian race tracks have not been metricated and continue to measure distance in miles, furlongs, and yards (see page 18 of the fact book).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-87"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-87">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nist.gov/document-2382">"Appendix E. 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