Compass points

Compass points

The 4 cardinal directions are north (N), south (S), east (E) and west (W).

Intercardinal (or ordinal) directions (the 8 principal winds) are set solid:

northeast (NE)     southwest (SW)

Bisecting the angles of the principal winds gives half-winds, named by the principal direction followed by the ordinal direction – the 2 parts joined with a hyphen:

east-southeast (ESE)     north-northeast (NNE)

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