true south
Americannoun
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We picked the diagram for Moab's 38-degree northern latitude and put it under the plexiglass dome, making sure it was level and facing true south.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2012
Goos painted the answer: "true south, 40 west, 360 miles, Terceira, Azores."
From Time Magazine Archive
The same is not true south of the border.
From Time Magazine Archive
A good deal of the bank we have passed by since leaving Nazareth Bay on the south side has been island shore, with a channel between the islands and the true south bank.
From Travels in West Africa by Mary H. Kingsley
Had you kept on until you were heading directly north, you could rectify your course simply by following a true south course.
From Woodcraft by George Washington Sears
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