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Cardinal directions or cardinal points.
Cardinal points or Cardinal directions
no it will not
No. The compass needle points toward the magnetic north pole.
4 Basic (Cardinal) Points of a Compass
what do you call the points of a compass
The Chinese compass points south. But the modern compass points north.
The North and South points on a compass rose are the longest.
The cardinal points of the compass are North, East, South and West. Another name for them is the cardinal directions.
Compass
The number of points will depend upon the type of compass rose you have. The most simplistic compass rose has four points, while the most common is the eight-pointed compass rose. However, there are some with 16- and 32-points.
32 points
cardinal points
They are known as points. North, South, East and West are cardinal points. Commonly the compass is divided into 32 equally spaced points.
Compass points are officially known as cardinal points. They are North, South, East and West. They are the general points of direction used all over the world.
A compass