South Pole (disambiguation)
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Terrestrial, celestial and planetary South Poles

  • South Pole
    South Pole
    The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth and lies on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole...

     – the southernmost point on Earth
  • South Magnetic Pole
    South Magnetic Pole
    The Earth's South Magnetic Pole is the wandering point on the Earth's surface where the geomagnetic field lines are directed vertically upwards...

     – the shifting point on the Earth's surface where the Earth's magnetic field points directly upwards
  • South Geomagnetic Pole  – the point of intersection of the Earth's surface with the axis of a simple magnetic dipole (like a bar magnet) that best approximates the Earth's actual more complex magnetic field
  • Southern pole of inaccessibility
    Pole of inaccessibility
    A pole of inaccessibility marks a location that is the most challenging to reach owing to its remoteness from geographical features that could provide access...

     – the point in Antarctica furthest from the sea
  • South celestial pole
    Celestial pole
    The north and south celestial poles are the two imaginary points in the sky where the Earth's axis of rotation, indefinitely extended, intersects the imaginary rotating sphere of stars called the celestial sphere...

     – an imaginary point in the southern sky towards which the Earth's axis of rotation points
  • For information about South Poles on other planets and Solar System bodies, see Poles of astronomical bodies
    Poles of astronomical bodies
    The poles of astronomical bodies are determined based on their axis of rotation in relation to the celestial poles of the celestial sphere.-Geographic poles:...


Physics

  • Originally by analogy with the Earth's magnetic field, the terms "north pole" and "south pole" are also applied to magnet
    Magnet
    A magnet is a material or object that produces a magnetic field. This magnetic field is invisible but is responsible for the most notable property of a magnet: a force that pulls on other ferromagnetic materials, such as iron, and attracts or repels other magnets.A permanent magnet is an object...

    s in general

Other

  • Southpole (clothing)
    Southpole (clothing)
    Southpole is an American clothing label based in Fort Lee, New Jersey. It is owned by David Khym.-History:The company was founded by brothers David and Kenny Khym, two Korean natives from a family of five children who immigrated to the United States from Inchon in 1977...

    , a clothing company.
  • The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910 - 1912, by Roald Amundsen
    Roald Amundsen
    Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole between 1910 and 1912 and he was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. He is also known as the first to traverse the Northwest Passage....

    , an account by the first explorer to reach the South Pole
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