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For other uses, see Pole (disambiguation).
A geographical pole, or geographic pole, is either of two fixed points on the surface of a spinning body or planet, at 90 degrees from the equator, based on the axis around which a body spins. For the purposes of cartography, it provides an agreed upon absolute point of measurement. These should not be confused with magnetic poles, which can also exist on a planet.

For the geographic poles on Earth, see: For geographic poles on planets and other astronomical bodies, see Poles of astronomical bodies.

See also

Pole may refer to:

Things

  • A solid cylindrical object with length greater than its diameter e.g:
  • Barber's pole, advertising a barber shop;

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planet, as defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), is a celestial body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion in its core, and has cleared its neighbouring region of
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equator is an imaginary line on the Earth's surface equidistant from the North Pole and South Pole. It thus divides the Earth into a Northern Hemisphere and a Southern Hemisphere. The equators of other planets and astronomical bodies are defined analogously.
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This article is about rotation as a movement of a physical body. For other uses, see Rotation (disambiguation).
A rotation is a movement of an object in a circular motion.
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Cartography or mapmaking (in Greek chartis = map and graphein = write) is the study and practice of making representations of the Earth on a flat surface.
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Magnetic pole may refer to the pole of a magnet. It may also refer to:
  • Magnetic North Pole, the shifting point on the Earth to which the "north" end of a dipole magnet points

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North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is, subject to the caveats explained below, defined as the point in the northern hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets the Earth's surface.
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South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth. It lies on the continent of Antarctica, on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole.
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poles of astronomical bodies are determined based on their axis of rotation in relation to the celestial poles of the celestial sphere.

Geographic poles

The International Astronomical Union defines the geographic north pole of a planet or other object in the solar system
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polar regions are the areas of the globe surrounding the poles also known as frigid zones. The North Pole and South Pole being the centers, these regions are dominated by the polar ice caps, resting respectively on the Arctic Ocean and the continent of Antarctica.
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antipodes (from Greek anti- "opposed" and pous "foot"; pronounced [ænˈtɪpəˌdiːz]) of any place on Earth is its antipodal point; that is, the region on the Earth's surface which is diametrically opposite to it.
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