Boxing the compass is the action of naming all thirty-two principal points of the compass in clockwise order.

#Compass pointAbbreviationTrue Heading
1.NorthN0.00°
2.North by eastNbE11.25°
3.North-northeastNNE22.50°
4.Northeast by northNEbN33.75°
5.NortheastNE45.00°
6.Northeast by eastNEbE56.25°
7.East-northeastENE67.50°
8.East by northEbN78.75°
9.EastE90.00°
10.East by southEbS101.25°
11.East-southeastESE112.50°
12.Southeast by eastSEbE123.75°
13.SoutheastSE135.00°
14.Southeast by southSEbS146.25°
15.South-southeastSSE157.50°
16.South by eastSbE168.75°
17.SouthS180.00°
18.South by westSbW191.25°
19.South-southwestSSW202.50°
20.Southwest by southSWbS213.75°
21.SouthwestSW225.00°
22.Southwest by westSWbW236.25°
23.West-southwestWSW247.50°
24.West by southWbS258.75°
25.WestW270.00°
26.West by northWbN281.25°
27.West-northwestWNW292.50°
28.Northwest by westNWbW303.75°
29.NorthwestNW315.00°
30.Northwest by northNWbN326.25°
31.North-northwestNNW337.50°
32.North by westNbW348.75°