Geographic direction between north and northwest.
To, toward, or in the north-northwest.
1 It was about 45 miles north - northwest of Key West and heading west.
2 The epicenter of the temblor was 55 miles north - northwest of Lae, the agency said.
3 Newton was expected to move north - northwest on Tuesday, before turning north and losing strength.
4 A few moments later, the light turned in a north - northwest direction and quickly disappeared.
5 The first went north - northwest . He traced a vague line.
6 The result of observation indicates that our heaviest shocks are in the direction south-southeast to north - northwest .
7 Our course was north - northwest , and therefore the wind enabled us to hold it without much trouble.
8 I proceeded at utmost speed to rejoin the squadron, and met them at noon retiring north - northwest .
9 Computer forecast models took it north - northwest over the Dominican Republic and Haiti and then into the Atlantic.
10 It was moving north - northwest but was forecast to turn to the northeast as it crossed the coast.
11 We ran aground on a patch of rock several hundred nautical miles north - northwest of the Tasmanian shore.
12 It was moving north - northwest at 3 mph.
13 I met them at noon, retiring north - northwest .
14 River Bend is located in St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish about 24 miles north - northwest of Baton Rouge.
15 The storm is blowing from north - northwest .
16 The Erasure is north - northwest of here.
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