cardinal points
The cardinal points of the compass are North, East, South and West. Another name for them is the cardinal directions.
north star
Cardinal points or Cardinal directions
The compass indicates the direction of magnetic North, from that you can work out South, East, West and all the other points on the compass.
4 Basic (Cardinal) Points of a Compass
what do you call the points of a compass
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North, South, East and West.
The Chinese compass points south. But the modern compass points north.
The North and South points on a compass rose are the longest.
One end points to magnetic north and the other end points to the south.
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