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The south magnetic pole, also known as the magnetic south pole, is the point on Earth's Southern Hemisphere where the geomagnetic field lines are directed perpendicular to the nominal surface. The Geomagnetic South Pole, a related point, is the south pole of an ideal dipole model of the Earth's magnetic field that most closely fits the Earth's ...
Like the North Magnetic Pole, the North Geomagnetic Pole attracts the north pole of a bar magnet and so is in a physical sense actually a magnetic south pole. It is the center of the 'open' magnetic field lines which connect to the interplanetary magnetic field and provide a direct route for the solar wind to reach the ionosphere.
The local definition is the point where the magnetic field is vertical. [25] This can be determined by measuring the inclination. The inclination of the Earth's field is 90° (downwards) at the North Magnetic Pole and –90° (upwards) at the South Magnetic Pole.
The magnetic meridian is an equivalent imaginary line connecting the magnetic south and north poles and can be taken as the horizontal component of magnetic force lines along the surface of the Earth. [11] Therefore, a compass needle will be parallel to the magnetic meridian.
The North geomagnetic pole (Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada) actually represents the South pole of Earth's magnetic field, and conversely the South geomagnetic pole corresponds to the north pole of Earth's magnetic field (because opposite magnetic poles attract and the north end of a magnet, like a compass needle, points toward Earth's South ...
Magnetic north versus ‘true north’ At the top of the world in the middle of the Arctic Ocean lies the geographic North Pole, the point where all the lines of longitude that curve around Earth ...
A top-down view of the polar latitudes of Earth's Northern Hemisphere, centered on the Geographic North Pole and showing the distinct locations of the actual Magnetic North Pole and the idealized Geomagnetic North Pole as of 2017. Only the Geographic Pole is in a stationary position; the Magnetic and Geomagnetic Poles are both gradually moving ...
Earth’s magnetic poles are just experiencing a “soft spot” that will probably disappear in a few hundred years. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...