are northeast (NE), southeast (SE), southwest (SW), and northwest (NW).The corresponding azimuths are 45°, 135°, 225°, and 315°.

The intermediate direction of every pair of neighboring cardinal and intercardinal directions is called a secondary intercardinal direction. These eight shortest points in the compass rose shown to the right are:
# West-northwest (WNW)
# North-northwest (NNW)
# North-northeast (NNE)
# East-northeast (ENE)
# East-southeast (ESE)
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