What is Geographical pole?
[[File:Geographical and Magnetic Poles.png|thumb|A=Geographic poles, B=Geomagnetic poles, C=Magnetic poles]] A '''geographical pole''' is either of two points on the surface of a rotating [[planet]] where the [[axis of rotation]] meets the surface of the planet. The [[north pole|north geographical pole]] of a body is 90 [[Degree (angle)|degrees]] north of the [[equator]]. The [[south pole|south geographical pole]] lies 90 degrees south of the equator.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www1.appstate.edu/~goodmanj/4401/notes/magnets/mnvsgn.html |title=Magnetic North Pole vs. Geographic North Pole |access-date=2015-12-29 |archive-date=2008-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231075235/http://www1.appstate.edu/~goodmanj/4401/notes/magnets/mnvsgn.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Relative to Earth's surface, the geographic poles move by a few metres over periods of a few years.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lovett |first=Richard A. |url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-change-has-shifted-location-north-south-poles/ |title=Climate change has shifted the locations of Earth's North and South Poles |publisher=Scientific American |date=14 May 2013 |accessdate=6 January 2019}}</ref> As [[cartography]] requires exact and unchanging coordinates, the average positions of the geographical poles are taken as fixed. These ''cartographic poles'' become the points where the body's [[great circle]]s of [[longitude]] intersect. == Related pages == * [[Magnetic pole]] ==References== {{commons category|Geographical poles}} {{reflist}} {{-}} {{sci-stub}} [[Category:Physical geography]]