NNW

Geography & Places abbreviation · Direction

NNW
Stands forNorth-northwest
CategoriesGeography & Places

NNW stands for North-northwest, a direction abbreviation.

Compass point at 337.5 degrees, between north and northwest, familiar to film fans through Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959), whose title plays on compass names.

Example: The radar shows the storm cell drifting NNW at 20 mph.

Usage notes

North by northwest is not a real compass point; in the traditional 32-point system the nearby points are north-northwest and northwest by north.

More direction abbreviations

  • GN – Grid north
  • MN – Magnetic north
  • N – North
  • NB – Northbound
  • NE – Northeast
  • NNE – North-northeast
  • NW – Northwest
  • S – South
  • SB – Southbound
  • SE – Southeast
  • SSE – South-southeast
  • SSW – South-southwest

See all 23 direction abbreviations →

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