vantage
n. countablen. a place or position that gives you a great view of something. It can also mean a specific way of looking at a situation based on your experience.
n. a position or place that affords a wide or advantageous perspective. Often used figuratively to describe a mental standpoint or a specific period in time from which one evaluates events.
From this vantage, we can see the entire valley.
The photographer climbed the clock tower to find a better vantage for the festival shots.
From the vantage of old age, she could finally appreciate the difficult choices her parents had made during the economic crisis of her youth.
From Middle English vantage, by apheresis from advantage; see advantage.
Commonly appears in the fixed phrase 'vantage point', though it can stand alone in literary contexts.