Modern_nautical_compass_rose.svg

Summary

Description A modern nautical compass rose . The outer circle (true rose) is aligned with true north; the inner circle (magnetic rose) with magnetic north. Inside the magnetic rose there is also an older 32-point graduation.
Date
Source Redrawn in Inkscape; based on a public domain file created by NOAA.
Author Mysid

Licensing

Public domain
This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , taken or made as part of an employee's official duties.

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A common compass rose as found on a nautical chart showing both true north and magnetic north with magnetic variation. Also notice the correspondence between the 32-point rose (inner circle) and the modern 0–360° graduations.

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