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southwest
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REDIRECT Points of the compass#Designations
AI overview
Southwest is one of the cardinal directions, located halfway between south and west on a compass. It matters because it helps people navigate and orient themselves geographically, whether for travel, mapping, or everyday wayfinding.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- points of the compass
- Image
- CompassRose (mul) 16 blue SW.svg
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- position angle
- 225
- opposite of
- northeast
- Commons category
- Southwest
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Encyclopedic overview
REDIRECT Points of the compass#Designations
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “southwest” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.