Definition:Intercardinal Directions

Definition
The $4$ intercardinal directions are the directions on (or near) Earth's surface halfway between the cardinal directions:

Southwest

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Also known as
The intercardinal directions are also known as the intercardinal points.

This misnomer arises from the concept of the point of the needle of a .

Also see

 * Definition:Cardinal Directions (Terrestrial)