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2. Points of the compass - Wikipedia

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   32-point compass rose. The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography.A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each separated by 90 degrees, and secondarily divided by four ordinal (intercardinal) directions—northeast, southeast, southwest, and ...

3. Point of sail - Wikipedia

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   The points of sail: A. Into the wind; shaded: "no-go zone" where a craft may be "in irons". B. Close-hauled (used when beating to windward) between B and C. Close reach C. Beam reach D. Broad reach E. Running downwind . A point of sail is a sailing craft's direction of travel under sail in relation to the true wind direction over the surface.

4. Cardinal direction - Wikipedia

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   Cardinal directions or cardinal points may sometimes be extended to include vertical position (elevation, altitude, depth): north and south, east and west, up and down; or mathematically the six directions of the x-, y-, and z-axes in three-dimensional Cartesian coordinates. Topographic maps include elevation, typically via contour lines.

5. Portolan chart - Wikipedia

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   Portolan charts are nautical charts, first made in the 13th century in the Mediterranean basin and later expanded to include other regions. The word portolan comes from the Italian portolano, meaning "related to ports or harbors ", and which since at least the 17th century designates "a collection of sailing directions".

6. Sail components - Wikipedia

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   Sail components include the features that define a sail's shape and function, plus its constituent parts from which it is manufactured. A sail may be classified in a variety of ways, including by its orientation to the vessel (e.g. fore-and-aft) and its shape, (e.g. (a)symmetrical, triangular, quadrilateral, etc.).

7. Nautical chart - Wikipedia

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   A nautical chart or hydrographic chart is a graphic representation of a sea region or water body and adjacent coasts or banks. Depending on the scale of the chart, it may show depths of water (bathymetry) and heights of land (topography), natural features of the seabed, details of the coastline, navigational hazards, locations of natural and ...

8. Sabine River (Texas–Louisiana) - Wikipedia

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   The Sabine River (/ səˈbiːn /) is a 360-mile (580 km) long river [5][6] in the Southern U.S. states of Texas and Louisiana, [3] From the 32nd parallel north and downstream, it serves as part of the boundary between the two states and empties into Sabine Lake, an estuary of the Gulf of Mexico. Over the first half of the 19th century, the ...

9. Direction, position, or indication sign - Wikipedia

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   Direction, position, or indication sign. An example of a British direction sign on the approach to a roundabout. A direction sign, more fully defined as a direction, position, or indication sign by the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, is any road sign used primarily to give information about the location of either the driver or ...