north by northeast
English
Noun
- North-northeast, the compass point between north and northeast.
- 1997, Susan Julio, Great Map Mysteries, →ISBN, page 21:
- Next go north by northeast to the nose of a beast.
- 2010, J. L. Bourne, Beyond Exile: Day by Day Armageddon, →ISBN:
- Ruling out any areas that have been bombed, we have decided to head north by northeast.
- 2014, Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon, Miracle at Midway, →ISBN:
- And a plane from Wotje saw a submarine 500 miles north by northeast of that island.
Further reading
- “north by northeast”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Points of the compass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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