Cubic mile

A cubic mile (abbreviation: cu mi or mi^3[1]) is an imperial and US customary (non-SI non-metric) unit of volume, used in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 mile (5280 feet, 1760 yards or ~1.609 kilometres) in length.

Symbols

There is no universally agreed symbol but the following are used.

• cubic mile
• cu mile
• cu mi
• mile/-3
• mi/-3
• mile^3
• mi^3
• mile³
• mi³

See also

• Square mile
• for a comparison with other volumes
  • Orders of magnitude (one cubic metre to one cubic kilometre)
  • Orders_of_magnitude_(one_cubic_kilometre_to_one_cubic_megametre)
• Conversion of units#Volume
• Cube (arithmetic)
  • Cube root
  • Cubic equation
  • Cubic function

ReferencesOrders of magnitude (volume)

1. Suplee, Curtis (2009-07-02). "Special Publication 811". Retrieved 2016-10-05.