Outward Bound is an international network of outdoor education organisations that provide experiential learning programs for personal and social development through small-group adventure-based experie
Outward Bound Compass Rose Logo used by schools around the world.
An Outward Bound excursion at Lake Superior Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
A compass rose or compass star, sometimes called a wind rose or rose of the winds, is a polar diagram displaying the orientation of the cardinal directions and their intermediate points. It is used on
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…than 150,000 students each year. Separate organisations operate the schools in each of the countries in which Outward Bound operates. Outward Bound's compass rose emblem serves as the logo for almost all the schools around the world. From 2022 to 2025, Outward Bound International, in collaboration with researchers…
Early 32-wind compass rose, shown as a mere collection of color-coded rhumblines, from a Genoese nautical chart (c. 1325)
First ornate compass rose depicted on a chart, from the Catalan Atlas (1375), with the Pole Star as north mark
A 16-point compass rose on the grounds of a library serves both as a pedagogical device and public art.