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Boxing the compass is the action of naming all thirty-two clockwise points of thecompass in order. Such names are formed by the initials of the cardinal directions and their intermediate ordinal directions, and are very handy to refer to a heading (or course orazimuth) in a general or colloquial fashion, without having to resort to computing or recalling degrees. For most applications, the minorpoints have been superseded by degrees measured clockwise from North.
Contents  [hide]  * 1 Compass points * 2 Compass point names * 3 Traditional names * 4 See also * 5 External links |
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[edit]Compass points
# | Compass point | Abbr. | Traditional wind point | Lowest | Middle | Highest |
1 | North | N | Tramontana | | 0.00° |5.62° |
2 | North by east | NbE | Qto Tramontana verso Greco | 5.63° | 11.25° | 16.87° |
3 | North-northeast | NNE | Greco-Tramontana | 16.88° | 22.50° | 28.12° |
4 | Northeast by north | NEbN | Qto Greco verso Tramontana | 28.13° | 33.75° | 39.37° |
5 | Northeast | NE | Greco | 39.38° | 45.00° | 50.62° |
6 | Northeast by east | NEbE | Qto Greco verso Levante | 50.63° | 56.25° | 61.87° |7 | East-northeast | ENE | Greco-Levante | 61.88° | 67.50° | 73.12° |
8 | East by north | EbN | Qto Levante verso Greco | 73.13° | 78.75° | 84.37° |
9 | East | E | Levante | 84.38° | 90.00° | 95.62° |
10 | East by south | EbS | Qto Levante verso Scirocco | 95.63° | 101.25° | 106.87° |
11 | East-southeast | ESE | Levante-Scirocco | 106.88° | 112.50° | 118.12° |
12 | Southeast by east |SEbE | Qto Scirocco verso Levante | 118.13° | 123.75° | 129.37° |
13 | Southeast | SE | Scirocco | 129.38° | 135.00° | 140.62° |
14 | Southeast by south | SEbS | Qto Scirocco verso Ostro | 140.63° | 146.25° | 151.87° |
15 | South-southeast | SSE | Ostro-Scirocco | 151.88° | 157.50° | 163.12° |
16 | South by east | SbE | Qto Ostro verso Scirocco | 163.13° | 168.75° | 174.37° |
17 | South |S | Ostro | 174.38° | 180.00° | 185.62° |
18 | South by west | SbW | Qto Ostro verso Libeccio | 185.63° | 191.25° | 196.87° |
19 | South-southwest | SSW | Ostro-Libeccio | 196.88° | 202.50° | 208.12° |
20 | Southwest by south | SWbS | Qto Libeccio verso Ostro | 208.13° | 213.75° | 219.37° |
21 | Southwest | SW | Libeccio | 219.38° | 225.00° | 230.62° |
22 | Southwest by west | SWbW | QtoLibeccio verso Ponente | 230.63° | 236.25° | 241.87° |
23 | West-southwest | WSW | Ponente-Libeccio | 241.88° | 247.50° | 253.12° |
24 | West by south | WbS | Qto Ponente verso Libeccio | 253.13° | 258.75° | 264.37° |
25 | West | W | Ponente | 264.38° | 270.00° | 275.62° |
26 | West by north | WbN | Qto Ponente verso Maestro | 275.63° | 281.25° | 286.87° |
27 | West-northwest | WNW |Maestro-Ponente | 286.88° | 292.50° | 298.12° |
28 | Northwest by west | NWbW | Qto Maestro verso Ponente | 298.13° | 303.75° | 309.37° |
29 | Northwest | NW | Maestro | 309.38° | 315.00° | 320.62° |
30 | Northwest by north | NWbN | Qto Maestro verso Tramontana | 320.63° | 326.25° | 331.87° |
31 | North-northwest | NNW | Maestro-Tramontana | 331.88° | 337.50° | 343.12° |
32 | North by west| NbW | Qto Tramontana verso Maestro | 343.13° | 348.75° | 354.37° |
1 | North | N | Tramontana | 354.38° | 360.00° | |
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[edit]Compass point names

A 16-point compass rose

A 32-wind compass card, with English names
The names of the 32-wind compass rose follow these rules:
- The cardinal directions are North (N), East (E), South (S),West (W), at 90° angles on the compass rose.
- The ordinal directions are Northeast (NE), Southeast (SE), Southwest (SW) and Northwest (NW), formed by bisecting the angle of the cardinal winds. The name is merely a combination of the cardinals it bisects.
- The eight principal winds (or main winds) are the cardinals and ordinals considered together, that is N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW. Each...