due west


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Synonyms for due west

the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees

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It has veered, however, very considerably to the north ; and now, at sundown, we are holding our course due west, principally by the screw and rudder, which answer their purposes to admiration.
With loud flapping of the powerful wings the creatures took to the air, circling once before they topped the trees upon the hill and then taking a course due west out over the waters of the sea.
The square shall be nameless, but if you drive due west from Piccadilly the cab-man will eventually find it on his left, and he ought to thank you for two shillings.
"Alding is due south of Gorvern and 45 kilometres due west of Brent."
In this position, the most sought after apartments face due west across the length of the gardens, with another which is partly on the square and partly on the lesser valued North Audley Street, even when the latter has the concierge amenities and branding of a luxury hotel group?
Monoceros is setting the in west, Gemini going down due west, Capella and Perseus disappearing in the northwest.
Sections will then guard their piers until the warning signal is given, when they will run to the RV [rendezvous] which is a point 200 yards due West of the bridge.
Caption: THE SEA GOAT Look for the globular cluster M30 around 3 1/4[degrees] due east of Zeta ([zeta]) Capricorni and the planetary nebula NGC 7009 some 1 1/4[degrees] due west of Nu Aquarii.
Peng highlighted Thursday and Friday as the critical juncture when the high pressure system could either cause the typhoon to go due west or tilt northwest, the latter of which would result in a greater impact on Taiwan.
Located about two and a half miles due west of the company's Design District facility in Miami, it is exceptionally well located for the 104,000 people who live in the two-mile trade area.
One of the most glorious blue-bird venues, though, has to be The Beach, an alpine meadow at Arapahoe Basin (arapahoebasin.com) about 60 miles due west of Denver.
The show had been staged at the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC) in Pudong, some 22 miles due west of the NECC.
Flying due west by that time, I found the sun in my eyes, and visibility ahead zero.
All the parts of the county lying south of a line drawn due west from Swan Creek formed one township called Huron, and the part lying north of that line was known as St.