Its exact meaning is not known, but many northern arms feature bears, reindeer or other animals.

They would pass parallel with the bay's northern arm and over half a mile offshore.

Straight ahead, on the far side, was the northern arm, with the dolphin inlet hidden beyond it.

The jetty must be round the corner from the northern arm of the inlet.

He was out at the end of the northern arm of the town, on a smooth desert floor.

Fellbarrow and Low Fell stand remote from the end of the northern arm.

It's just along the northern arm of Mylopotas beach.

The northern arm of the attack was based in Namsos.

Its structure is similar to the northern arm, but has slightly more detailed decoration.

It is a northern arm of the South China Sea.