northerly

A northerly wind (that is, a northern wind, which blows from the north or northerly).

Facing the north; directed towards the north.

a northerly voyage

Those on the northerly route reached Ning-shan on February 16th, were joined there by a surviving group of Shih Ta-k’ai’s expeditionary soldiers under Cheng Chung-ho, and on March 26th converged at Nei-hsiang as planned with Ma Jung-ho’s army from the southerly route. Ch’en Ta-hsi’s Nien army, which had returned to Honan in the spring of 1863, also came to Nei-hsiang soon thereafter, at which point the entire force proceeded to Tsao-yang in Hupeh.

Located in a northern region.

But I'm here to follow the less well-trodden route up to the most northerly point of the British mainland, which has its own scenic claim to make.

Coming from the north.

a northerly wind

Now they were faced with the problem of a northerly blow, which could soon send a heavy swell clean into the bay.

In an northward direction or position; (towards the) north.

From the north.