vantage point
noun /ˈvɑːntɪdʒ pɔɪnt/
  /ˈvæntɪdʒ pɔɪnt/
(also formal vantage)
- a position from which you watch something- The cafe was a good vantage point for watching the world go by.
 
- a point in time or a situation from which you consider something, especially the past- From the vantage point of the present, the war seems to have achieved nothing.
 
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French, shortening of Old French avantage ‘advantage’.