International Nautical Miles to Chains

There is more than one type of Nautical Miles. Please use the appropriate variation from the list below.

  1. UK Nautical Miles to Chains

  2. US Nautical Miles to Chains

  3. International Nautical Miles to Chains

Nautical Miles

Chains

Unit of length equal to 66 feet, used especially in the U.S. public land surveys. The original measuring instrument (Gunter's chain) was literally a chain consisting of 100 iron links, each 7.92 inches long. Steel-ribbon tapes began to supersede chains around 1900, but surveying tapes are often still called "chains" and measuring with a tape is often called "chaining". The chain is a convenient unit in cadastral surveys because 10 square chains equal 1 acre.