geographical miles
- plural of geographical mile.
Example Sentences
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Their territory extends for about twenty geographical miles on each side of the 17th parallel.
From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Sawyer, Frederic H.
The length of the series of banks to the north of the Greater Antilles is about 800, and its average width 120 geographical miles.
From North America by Russell, Israel C. (Cook)
Thanks to these natural ocean highways, England is nearer to almost all the important mercantile coasts of the world by 300 geographical miles than the Eastern States of the American Union.
From Principles Of Political Economy by Lalor, John J. (John Joseph)
We built our snow-hut upon the west coast, near Pemmican Rock, after a march of 19 or 20 geographical miles.
From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold
The surface of the latter contains about 2,793,000 square geographical miles.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
