Astrolabe Catalogue

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Small image of windrose. Click for full size.
The windrose is of the 32-direction type. There are places for all 32 winds. However, only 16 of the winds have been added to this windrose. The stylised image to the right shows how the cardinal points are divided up in 32 different directions. The table below shows how the points are labelled on the actual windrose.
The windrose is labelled:
Direction Labelled
N NORTH
S SVD
E EST
W OVEST
NE NORTHEST
SE SVDEST
SW SVDOVEST
NW NORTHOVEST
NNE NORTNORTEST
ENE ESTNORTHEST
ESE ESTSVDEST
SSE SVDSVDEST
SSW SVDSVDOVEST
WSW OVESTSVDOVEST
WNW OVESTNORTOVEST
NNW NORTNORTOVEST
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