Which states are considered 'the west'?

The West, region, western U.S., mostly west of the Great Plains and including Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Virtually every part of the U.S. except the Eastern Seaboard has been ‘the West’ at some point in American history.

What is the western part of the Earth?

The concept of the Western part of the earth has its roots in the Western Roman Empire and the Western Christianity. During the Cold War "the West" was often used to refer to the NATO camp as opposed to the Warsaw Pact and non-aligned nations. The expression survives, with an increasingly ambiguous meaning.

What does west mean on a compass?

West is sometimes abbreviated as W . To go west using a compass for navigation (in a place where magnetic north is the same direction as true north) one needs to set a bearing or azimuth of 270°.