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Magnetic declination varies both from place to place and with the passage of time. As a traveller cruises the east coast of the United States, for example, the declination varies from 16 degrees west in Maine, to 6 in Florida, to 0 degrees in Louisiana, to 4 degrees east in Texas.
Magnetic declination from true north in 2000. Historically, the magnetic compass was an important tool for navigation. While it has been widely replaced by Global Positioning Systems, many airplanes and ships still carry them, as do casual boaters and hikers. [28] The direction in which a compass needle points is known as magnetic north.
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By the 1940s, magnetic north had moved northwest from its 1831 position by about 250 miles (400 kilometers). In 1948, it reached Prince Wales Island, and by 2000 it had departed Canadian shores.
Over hundreds of years, magnetic declination is observed to vary over tens of degrees. [13] The animation shows how global declinations have changed over the last few centuries. [34] The direction and intensity of the dipole change over time. Over the last two centuries the dipole strength has been decreasing at a rate of about 6.3% per century ...
English: This is a world map of magnetic declination created by the National Geophysical Data Center at NOAA. Français : Carte mondiale de la déclinaison magnétique terrestre créé par le centre national des donnée géophysiques ( NGDC ) de l'agence américaine responsable de l'étude de l'océan et de l'atmosphère ( NOAA ).
In mid-December of 2024, scientists officially updated the World Magnetic Model (WMM), which helps keep track of our planet’s magnetic north and its chaotic and relatively unpredictable movements.
Estimated declination contours by year, 1590 to 1990 (click to see variation). Strength of the axial dipole component of Earth's magnetic field from 1600 to 2020, according to three models. Secular variation can be observed in measurements at magnetic observatories, some of which have been operating for hundreds of years (the Kew Observatory ...