nautical mile

The Avontuur is 45 nautical miles off the coast of Gran Canaria and the light is too far out to be a fishing boat.

The chopper remained level at that altitude as its crew pulled within five nautical miles of the blaze.

Two weeks later, it sank, spilling its cargo and fuel into the sea around nine nautical miles off the country's south-west coast, between the capital Colombo and Negombo to the north.

The power lines that the plane struck were about 90 feet above the ground and about 1.8 nautical miles away from the runway.

The Madleen yacht is 160 nautical miles from the Gaza Strip and is attempting to challenge Israel's naval blockade of the territory.