Boxing the compass - Definition and Overview

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

Navigational compass mariner's compass (Larger)
#	Compass point	Abbreviation	True Heading
1.	North	N	0.00°
2.	North by east	NbE	11.25°
3.	North-northeast	NNE	22.50°
4.	Northeast by north	NEbN	33.75°
5.	Northeast	NE	45.00°
6.	Northeast by east	NEbE	56.25°
7.	East-northeast	ENE	67.50°
8.	East by north	EbN	78.75°
9.	East	E	90.00°
10.	East by south	EbS	101.25°
11.	East-southeast	ESE	112.50°
12.	Southeast by east	SEbE	123.75°
13.	Southeast	SE	135.00°
14.	Southeast by south	SEbS	146.25°
15.	South-southeast	SSE	157.50°
16.	South by east	SbE	168.75°
17.	South	S	180.00°
18.	South by west	SbW	191.25°
19.	South-southwest	SSW	202.50°
20.	Southwest by south	SWbS	213.75°
21.	Southwest	SW	225.00°
22.	Southwest by west	SWbW	236.25°
23.	West-southwest	WSW	247.50°
24.	West by south	WbS	258.75°
25.	West	W	270.00°
26.	West by north	WbN	281.25°
27.	West-northwest	WNW	292.50°
28.	Northwest by west	NWbW	303.75°
29.	Northwest	NW	315.00°
30.	Northwest by north	NWbN	326.25°
31.	North-northwest	NNW	337.50°
32.	North by west	NbW	348.75°