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Boxing the compass

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Boxing the compass is the action of naming all thirty-two principal points of the compass in clockwise order.

#Compass pointAbbreviationTrue Heading
1.NorthN0.00?
2.North by eastNbE11.25?
3.North-northeastNNE22.50?
4.Northeast by northNEbN33.75?
5.NortheastNE45.00?
6.Northeast by eastNEbE56.25?
7.East-northeastENE67.50?
8.East by northEbN78.75?
9.EastE90.00?
10.East by southEbS101.25?
11.East-southeastESE112.50?
12.Southeast by eastSEbE123.75?
13.SoutheastSE135.00?
14.Southeast by southSEbS146.25?
15.South-southeastSSE157.50?
16.South by eastSbE168.75?
17.SouthS180.00?
18.South by westSbW191.25?
19.South-southwestSSW202.50?
20.Southwest by southSWbS213.75?
21.SouthwestSW225.00?
22.Southwest by westSWbW236.25?
23.West-southwestWSW247.50?
24.West by southWbS258.75?
25.WestW270.00?
26.West by northWbN281.25?
27.West-northwestWNW292.50?
28.Northwest by westNWbW303.75?
29.NorthwestNW315.00?
30.Northwest by northNWbN326.25?
31.North-northwestNNW337.50?
32.North by westNbW348.75?