A hemisphere is a half-sphere, for example, half the Earth: northern, southern, eastern, western hemisphere.
In a forum post related to a ESA satellite station in Argentina, I came across the phrase "having such an strategic and experienced partner on the South West hemisphere".
Now obviously, the South West hemisphere is not a hemisphere, but a half-hemisphere. Is there a word for a quarter-sphere, south as, in the geographical case, the north west, north east, south west, south east?
Maybe something like quadrasphere?
Best Answer
There is no such term. You could use semihemisphere, but this is not a geographical term as far as I'm aware. Evidence of absence is always difficult and doesn't make a rewarding answer.
I would suggest a different term altogether like area or region. If you insist on the "quarter of the earth" sense, then quadrant would fit your needs.
Carlo_R has an interesting point, but quadrant is in use, geographically, and is a word that most speakers will glean meaning from. Some examples include "Mapping World Heritage Sites":
"Geographic Coordinate System":
Earth quadrant from Webster's (1913):