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When participants were presented with south-up oriented maps, this north-south bias disappeared. [2] Researchers posit that the observed association between map-position and goodness/badness (north=good; south=bad) is caused by the combination of the convention of consistently placing north at the top of maps, and
The South Pole is by definition the southernmost point on the Earth, lying antipodally to the North Pole. It defines geodetic latitude 90° South, as well as the direction of true south. At the South Pole all directions point North; all lines of longitude converge there, so its longitude can be defined as any degree value. No time zone has been ...
Similarly, a line from the center to the South celestial pole will define the South point by its intersection with the limb. The points at right angles to the North and South points are the East and West points. Going around the disk clockwise from the North point, one encounters in order the West point, the South point, and then the East point.
And there’s the magnetic North Pole, which is always on the move. And right now it’s moving faster than usual. Over the past 150 years, the magnetic North Pole has casually wandered 685 miles ...
True polar night is limited to latitudes above roughly 84° 34' North or South, which is exactly 18° within the polar circles, or approximately five and a half degrees from the poles. The only permanent settlement on Earth at these latitudes is the Amundsen–Scott scientific research station in Antarctica , whose winter personnel are ...
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South celestial pole – an imaginary point in the southern sky towards which the Earth's axis of rotation points; South Pole Wall – a massive wall of galaxies extending over 1.3 billion light-years across the universe; For information about South Poles on other planets and Solar System bodies, see Poles of astronomical bodies
the perception of the north pole being the top of the world and south pole being the bottom of the world are manmade ideas. It wouldn't feel any different standing at the poles from where your standing right now, apart from the cold. lol. ( 90.240.107.18 00:28, 4 August 2007 (UTC) ) [ reply ]