Boxing the compass

Boxing the compass is the action of naming all thirty-two principal points of the compass in clockwise order.

#	Compass point	Abbr.	Traditional Wind Point	True Heading
1.	North	N	Tramontana	0.00°
2.	North by east	NbE		11.25°
3.	North-northeast	NNE		22.50°
4.	Northeast by north	NEbN		33.75°
5.	Northeast	NE	Greco	45.00°
6.	Northeast by east	NEbE		56.25°
7.	East-northeast	ENE		67.50°
8.	East by north	EbN		78.75°
9.	East	E	Levante	90.00°
10.	East by south	EbS		101.25°
11.	East-southeast	ESE		112.50°
12.	Southeast by east	SEbE		123.75°
13.	Southeast	SE	Sirocco	135.00°
14.	Southeast by south	SEbS		146.25°
15.	South-southeast	SSE		157.50°
16.	South by east	SbE		168.75°
17.	South	S	Ostro	180.00°
18.	South by west	SbW		191.25°
19.	South-southwest	SSW		202.50°
20.	Southwest by south	SWbS		213.75°
21.	Southwest	SW	Libeccio	225.00°
22.	Southwest by west	SWbW		236.25°
23.	West-southwest	WSW		247.50°
24.	West by south	WbS		258.75°
25.	West	W	Ponente	270.00°
26.	West by north	WbN		281.25°
27.	West-northwest	WNW		292.50°
28.	Northwest by west	NWbW		303.75°
29.	Northwest	NW	Maestro	315.00°
30.	Northwest by north	NWbN		326.25°
31.	North-northwest	NNW		337.50°
32.	North by west	NbW		348.75°

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