consistent with a long nautical tradition of accurate celestial navigation. Nautical time divides the globe into 24 nautical time zones with hourly clock...

the terrestrial time zone system, nautical time zones consist of gores of 15° offset from GMT by a whole number of hours. A nautical date line follows...

after the offset is that used in nautical time, with which the UTC offset section overlaps at least partially. Nautical time strictly partitions the globe...

UTC offsets). The time zone using UTC is sometimes denoted UTC+00:00 or by the letter Z—a reference to the equivalent nautical time zone (GMT), which...

outside the time zones defined by 15 U.S.C. §260 and exist in waters defined by nautical time. In practice, military crews may simply use Zulu time (UTC+00:00)...

longitude, as used for example under the nautical time system. The world could in theory be divided into 24 time zones, each spanning 15 degrees of longitude...

date at the time of printing. Nautical charts are based on hydrographic surveys and bathymetric surveys. As surveying is laborious and time-consuming,...

This glossary of nautical terms is an alphabetical listing of terms and expressions connected with ships, shipping, seamanship and navigation on water...

directly to the time instead of "Z" suffix above; other nautical time zone letters are not used. The offset is applied to UTC to get the civil time in the designated...

twilight (nearest the horizon), nautical twilight, and astronomical twilight (farthest from the horizon). Civil twilight is the time when the geometric center...

This glossary of nautical terms is an alphabetical listing of terms and expressions connected with ships, shipping, seamanship and navigation on water...

A nautical almanac is a publication describing the positions of a selection of celestial bodies for the purpose of enabling navigators to use celestial...

data with a nautical almanac and sight reduction tables to determine positions. Accurate time information is also needed. After nautical dusk, navigation...

United States) UTC−12:00 is a nautical time zone comprising the high seas between 180° and 172°30′W longitude, and the time is obtained by subtracting twelve...

Unit of time about as long the orbital period of the Moon Nautical time – System that allows ships on sea to express their local time Sidereal time – Timekeeping...

The Nautical Almanac has been the familiar name for a series of official British almanacs published under various titles since the first issue of The Nautical...

uninhabited, and its time zone is unspecified, though it falls within a nautical time zone 12 hours behind UTC (UTC−12:00). Baker Island was first discovered...

The knot (/nɒt/) is a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour, exactly 1.852 km/h (approximately 1.151 mph or 0.514 m/s). The ISO standard symbol...

lyrics to "Nautical Disaster". In the version which appears on the band's 1997 live album Live Between Us, Downie incorporates a verse from "Bad Time to Be...

questioned. Time quoted is simply local time (calculated at noon), the date recorded is a little more confusing. Cook recorded nautical time (the day starts...

binding documents. Each document (usually arranged by date) is marked with the time of an event or action of significance. Most national shipping authorities...

the tape head. It functions similarly to, and was likely named for, the nautical device. Hydraulically powered capstans were sometimes used in railway goods...

Nautical fiction, frequently also naval fiction, sea fiction, naval adventure fiction or maritime fiction, is a genre of literature with a setting on or...

with their time zones, which do reflect the most recent IDL shifts. This approach is consistent with the principle of national and nautical time zones: the...

visible during this period. "Nautical" twilight continues until the Sun is 12 degrees below the horizon. During nautical twilight, the horizon is visible...

located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean, about 1,700 nautical miles (3,100 km) southwest of Honolulu. The island lies almost halfway...

ringing bells over the PA system and announcing the nautical time, translating it to standard time in keeping with the marine theme of the park. The pre-show...

nation's standard time, but would revert to nautical standard time upon leaving its territorial waters." Per: Time zone#Nautical time zones. Kemp (1999)...

Nautical tourism, also called water tourism, is tourism that combines sailing and boating with vacation and holiday activities. It can be travelling from...

or "Juliett Time", an observer's local time as a nautical time zone letter or a military time zone; see 24-hour clock § Military time Juliett-class...