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Which of the following is the largest?

nautical mile
land mile in the United States
old Russian verst
kilometer
Nautical mile equals 1852 meters (in some countries slightly different values are used), land mile (statute mile) in the U.S. is 1609 meters, verst was approx 1077 meters.
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Answers by country

nautical mile
land mile in the United States
old Russian verst
kilometer
answers
flagGreece
75%
0%
16%
8%
12
flagGermany
71%
7%
10%
9%
91
flagAustralia
70%
4%
8%
12%
24
flagPoland
64%
16%
12%
6%
5518
flagthe United Kingdom
62%
12%
16%
5%
86
flagUnknown
61%
15%
15%
7%
13
flagAustria
58%
16%
25%
0%
12
flagCanada
56%
6%
25%
12%
16
flagthe United States
54%
17%
15%
12%
205
flagIndia
48%
14%
14%
20%
92
flagthe Netherlands
36%
36%
18%
9%
11

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