Penamaan titik utama kompas

Kompas beserta singkatan mata anginnya.

Penamaan titik utama kompas adalah pemberian nama ke-32 mata angin dalam kompas secara berurutan searah jarum jam. Nama-nama ini dibentuk dari inisial (huruf depan) dalam bahasa Inggris dari arah mata angin utama dan arah mata angin pertengahan, dan sangat berguna untuk merujuk ke suatu arah (atau azimut) dalam bentuk umum maupun bahasa percakapan sehari-hari, tanpa harus menghitung atau menyebutkan derajatnya. Walaupun asalnya dari bahasa Inggris, nama-nama ini digunakan secara internasional.

#	Mata angin	Singkatan	Traditional wind point	Sudut
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 Bora	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	Viento de 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°

Pranala luar

• Wind Rose Diarsipkan 2016-09-01 di Wayback Machine. – discusses the origins of the names for compass directions.
• The Rose of the Winds Diarsipkan 2007-05-20 di Wayback Machine. – gives an example of a rose with 26 directions.