west-southwest
noun
west-south·west
: a compass point that is two points south of due west : S67°30′W
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The quakes were recorded approximately 102 miles west-southwest of Port Orford, Oregon.
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Shane Croucher
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Mars and Spica Close Again Just after sunset, Mars appears above Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo, with both sinking quickly toward the west-southwest horizon.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The epicenter was located about 4 miles west-southwest of Anza, at a depth of just 3 miles.
—Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Elsewhere in the Pacific, Tropical Depression Twelve-E was located about 190 miles west-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds near 35 mph with higher gusts.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
As of early Wednesday afternoon, the storm’s center was was located roughly 545 miles west-southwest of Bermuda and 365 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras in North Carolina, where residents are already beginning to feel its effects, the National Hurricane Center said its latest update.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025
The system is forecast to move west-southwest over part of Florida and into the north-central part of the Gulf.
—Victoria Ballard, Sun Sentinel, 23 July 2025
Forecasters expect the system to move west-southwest into the north-central Gulf, where conditions may support slow development.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 23 July 2025
The Department of the Air Force (DAF) Rocket Cargo Vanguard (RCV) program had eyed Johnston Atoll, part of a remote chain about 900 miles (1,500 kilometers) west-southwest of Hawaii's main island, as the location to build two rocket landing pads.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 7 July 2025
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Shane Croucher
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Mars and Spica Close Again Just after sunset, Mars appears above Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo, with both sinking quickly toward the west-southwest horizon.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The epicenter was located about 4 miles west-southwest of Anza, at a depth of just 3 miles.
—Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Elsewhere in the Pacific, Tropical Depression Twelve-E was located about 190 miles west-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds near 35 mph with higher gusts.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
As of early Wednesday afternoon, the storm’s center was was located roughly 545 miles west-southwest of Bermuda and 365 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras in North Carolina, where residents are already beginning to feel its effects, the National Hurricane Center said its latest update.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025
The system is forecast to move west-southwest over part of Florida and into the north-central part of the Gulf.
—Victoria Ballard, Sun Sentinel, 23 July 2025
Forecasters expect the system to move west-southwest into the north-central Gulf, where conditions may support slow development.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 23 July 2025
The Department of the Air Force (DAF) Rocket Cargo Vanguard (RCV) program had eyed Johnston Atoll, part of a remote chain about 900 miles (1,500 kilometers) west-southwest of Hawaii's main island, as the location to build two rocket landing pads.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 7 July 2025
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“West-southwest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/west-southwest. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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