"north by northeast" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1997, Susan Julio, Great Map Mysteries, page 21",
          "text": "Next go north by northeast to the nose of a beast.",
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          "ref": "2010, J. L. Bourne, Beyond Exile: Day by Day Armageddon",
          "text": "Ruling out any areas that have been bombed, we have decided to head north by northeast.",
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          "ref": "2014, Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon, Miracle at Midway",
          "text": "And a plane from Wotje saw a submarine 500 miles north by northeast of that island.",
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        "North-northeast, the compass point between north and northeast."
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