UK Nautical Leagues to US Leagues calculator

UK Nautical Leagues

Whitsand Bay to Yealm Head including Plymouth Sound Marine Chart.

Source: Nautical Charts App

US Leagues

A league is a unit of length. It was common in Europe and Latin America, but is no longer an official unit in any nation. The word originally meant the distance a person could walk in an hour.

Source: Wikipedia / Natural Living Ideas

UK Nautical Leagues to US Leagues Conversion Table

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• UK Nautical League (5,559.552 meters)

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

• US League (4,828.042 meters)

  A league is a unit of length. It was common in Europe and Latin America, but is no longer an official unit in any nation. The word originally meant the distance a person could walk in an hour. Since the Middle Ages, many values have been specified in several countries. In U.S. linear measure, one league (Symbol: U.S. st. leag.) is equal to 15,840 feet (or three miles).