NNW
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Their shape indicates the glacier moved in a NNW to SSE direction.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
Friday and Saturday are looking at a jump in swell reaching shoulder to head high with improving conditions and N to NNW winds at 10mph.
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NNW Rock Springs, 69305; Mesa Verde, northern end, 8100 ft.,
From Mammals of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Sydney Anderson
NNW Estelí contained four embryos that measured 5 mm. in crown-rump length.
From Records of Harvest Mice, Reithrodontomys, from Central America, with Description of a New Subspecies from Nicaragua by Sydney Anderson
NNW Estelí, Estelí, Nicaragua; obtained by J. R. Alcorn on July 15, 1956; original number 21,464.
From Records of Harvest Mice, Reithrodontomys, from Central America, with Description of a New Subspecies from Nicaragua by Sydney Anderson
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