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true south

American  
[troo sauth] / ˈtru ˈsaʊθ /

noun

  1. Navigation. the direction of the South Pole from a given point.


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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

The same is not true south of the border.

From Time Magazine Archive

Goos painted the answer: "true south, 40 west, 360 miles, Terceira, Azores."

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

And at least we can tell true south from the stars.

From Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal by Robert Sydney Bowen

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