Northeast

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A 16-point compass rose with Northeast highlighted

Northeast or north east is the ordinal direction halfway between north and east. It is the opposite of southwest.

Traditional wind point [edit]

The traditional wind point is: Greco.[1]

Geographic regions [edit]

The terms northeast and north east are often used by themselves to refer to the northeastern sector of a geographic area, or to entities based in such a region.

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Names of winds". Golden Gate Weather Services. Retrieved 15 March 2013.