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{{about | the evenly spaced set of horizontal directions|figure used to display the orientation of the cardinal directions|compass rose}}
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[[File:Compass Card B+W.svg|thumb|32-point [[compass rose]] (there is some kind of mistake! For the description does not match the diagram! The N point is indicated by the number 1, not 0; and the NbE point is indicated by the number 2, not 1, etc.) In fact, compare to table in section "128 compass directions" bellow to understand this mistake.]]
The '''points of the compass''' are an evenly spaced set of [[Vertical and horizontal|horizontal]] directions (or [[Azimuth#In navigation|azimuth]]s) used in [[navigation]] and [[geography]]. A [[compass rose]] is primarily composed of four [[cardinal direction]]s—[[north]], [[east]], [[south]], and [[west]]—each separated by 90 [[degree (angle)|degrees]], and secondarily divided by four ordinal (intercardinal) directions—northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest—each located halfway between two cardinal directions. Some disciplines such as [[meteorology]] and navigation further divide the compass with additional azimuths. Within European tradition, a fully defined compass has 32 'points' (and any finer subdivisions are described in fractions of points).<ref>{{Cite book |title=Pamphlets on British shipping. 1785–1861 |year=1859 |isbn=0-217-85167-3 |editor-last=Evans |editor-first=Frederick John |editor-link=Frederick John Owen Evans |page=8 (p. 433 of PDF) |chapter=Notes on the Magnetism of Ships |quote=A deviation table having been formed by any of the processes now.so generally understood, either on the thirty-two points of the compass, the sixteen intermediate, or the eight principal points |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QPNAAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA2-PA50}}</ref>
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