Assertion: nautical mile | /r/HasProperty | 5.6 km
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text: From the eighteenth century until the mid twentieth century, the territorial waters of the British Empire, the United States, France and many other nations were three nautical miles (5.6 km) wide.
text: 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi): Jordan, Palau.
text: Bogskär, a remote island, has only 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) territorial waters.
text: Bogskär, a remote island, has only 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) territorial waters.
text: Japan: 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) limit
text: Papua New Guinea: 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) in certain areas.
text: UNCLOS replaces the older 'freedom of the seas' concept, dating from the 17th century: national rights were limited to a specified belt of water extending from a nation's coastlines, usually 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) (three-mile limit), according to the 'cannon shot' rule developed by the Dutch jurist Cornelius van Bynkershoek.
text: Most maritime nations adopted this principle, which developed into a limit of 3 nautical miles (5.6 km).