due west
Exactly toward sunset
Due west is exactly west, with no deviation north or south.
Due here means precise or directly along a compass heading: The ship sailed due west toward the setting sun.
The same construction applies to other cardinal directions: due north, due south, due east.
- compassDevice showing cardinal directions
- compass roseCartographic direction indicator
- directionWay something faces
- cardinal directionPrimary orientation bearing
- true northDirection to the pole
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