List of nautical units of measurement

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Nautical units of measurement in current or historical use include:

Unit | Type | Notes

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Cable length | Length |
Fathom | Length |
Knot | Speed |
League | Length |
Nautical mile | Length |
Rhumb | Angle | The angle between two successive points of the thirty-two point compass (11 degrees 15 minutes) (rare)[1]
Shackle | Length | Before 1949, 12.5 fathoms; later 15 fathoms.[2]
Toise | Length | Toise was also used for measures of area and volume
Twenty-foot equivalent unit or TEU | Volume | Used in connection with container ships and ports

## See also

* Ship measurements
* Glossary of nautical terms

## References

1. ↑ "rhumb, n". Oxford English Dictionary: sense 2.b. https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/165356.
2. ↑ Jerrard, H. G. (2013). "Shackle". A Dictionary of Scientific Units: Including dimensionless numbers and scales. Springer. p. 127. ISBN 9789401705714. https://books.google.com/books?id=r2wyBwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA127&dq=shackle fathom&pg=PA127#q=shackle fathom. Retrieved 25 February 2020.

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