vantage point

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 of vantage point

First recorded in 1860–65

She heard and remembered; but need was for haste; we had already passed the vantage-point.

Hawthorne and His Circle |Julian Hawthorne
He imagined the denouement, with a growing enjoyment of his vantage-point as the game advanced.

The Voice on the Wire |Eustace Hale Ball
From the vantage-point of the wall they could see spread out before them the whole grand panorama of the Bay of Chagmouth.

A Fortunate Term |Angela Brazil
Luellas gone to the door, said her sister from her vantage-point at the crack of the sitting-room door.

Aunt Crete's Emancipation |Grace Livingston Hill

From our vantage-point it seems quiet even now, with the busy town just below.

Mr. Dide, His Vacation in Colorado |Lewis B. France

vantage point

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