south-eastern
Lower right quadrant
South-eastern describes something located in, coming from, or facing the southeast—the direction halfway between south and east.
The hyphenated form is standard in British English: the south-eastern coast of England.
American English typically omits the hyphen: southeastern.
Half of a ball
- latitudeGeographic or personal freedom
- longitudeEast-west angular distance
- tropicsWarm equatorial region
- equatorMidpoint circle of rotation
subtropical · temperate · monsoon · trade winds · climate · humidity · cyclone · typhoon
Posture or orientation
- azimuthHorizontal directional angle
- quadrantFourth of a circle
- directionWay something faces
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
cardinal · intercardinal · degrees · heading · needle · declination · magnetic
Data shown visually
- coursePlanned path forward
- bearingPosture or orientation
- sailingWind-propelled water travel
- voyageJourney by sea
seafaring · sextant · astrolabe · windward · leeward · tack · heading · waypoint
hemisphere
Half of a ball
- latitudeGeographic or personal freedom
- longitudeEast-west angular distance
- tropicsWarm equatorial region
equator · subtropical · temperate · monsoon · trade winds · climate · humidity · cyclone · typhoon · rainforest
bearing
Posture or orientation
orientation · cardinal · intercardinal · degrees · heading · needle · declination · magnetic
chart
Data shown visually
voyage · seafaring · sextant · astrolabe · windward · leeward · tack · heading · waypoint · passage
Georgia
Name shared by country and state
- FloridaSoutheastern American peninsula state
- CarolinasTwo adjacent Atlantic states
- VirginiaMid-Atlantic American state
Alabama · Mississippi · Louisiana · Tennessee · Kentucky · Arkansas · Appalachia · bayou · Dixie · low country
Queensland
Australia's northeastern state
Essex · Guangdong · Fujian · Anatolia · Balkans · Indochina · Java · Sumatra · Mindanao
south-easternnorth-western
Direction between two cardinals
northwestern · north-west · northwest · northern · western