vantage-point

noun

a position or place that affords a wide or advantageous perspective; viewpoint: to survey a valley from the vantage point of a high hill.

Origin:
1860–65

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vantage point

—n
	a position or place that allows one a wide or favourable overall view of a scene or situation

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