North Magnetic Pole

point in the Arctic at which Earth's magnetic field points vertically downwards, at 86°N 175°E in the Arctic Ocean as of 2019
Place geographic_location Q842763
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North Magnetic Pole

Summary

North Magnetic Pole is a geographic location[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of geographic_location entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (536 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • North Magnetic Pole is credited with the discovery of James Clark Ross[3].
  • North Magnetic Pole's image is recorded as North Magnetic Poles.svg[4].
  • North Magnetic Pole's instance of is recorded as geographic location[5].
  • North Magnetic Pole's instance of is recorded as magnetic pole of Earth[6].
  • north is named after North Magnetic Pole[7].
  • North Magnetic Pole's opposite of is recorded as South Magnetic Pole[8].
  • North Magnetic Pole's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1831-06-01T00:00:00Z[9].
  • North Magnetic Pole's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 86.448, 'lon': 175.34585}[10].
  • North Magnetic Pole's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 81.3, 'lon': -110.8}[11].
  • North Magnetic Pole's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 85.9, 'lon': -147}[12].
  • North Magnetic Pole's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 85, 'lon': -132.6}[13].
  • North Magnetic Pole's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 82.3, 'lon': -113.4}[14].
  • North Magnetic Pole's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 70.08333333333333, 'lon': -96.78333333333333}[15].
  • North Magnetic Pole's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 86.4, 'lon': -156.8}[16].
  • North Magnetic Pole's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 85.958, 'lon': 141.945}[17].
  • North Magnetic Pole's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 85.7, 'lon': 138.6}[18].
  • North Magnetic Pole's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 86.494, 'lon': 162.867}[19].
  • North Magnetic Pole's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02p4d5n[20].
  • North Magnetic Pole's has cause is recorded as Earth's magnetic field[21].
  • North Magnetic Pole's described at URL is recorded as https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/data/poles/NP.xy[22].
  • North Magnetic Pole's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1409831[23].
  • North Magnetic Pole's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/North-Magnetic-Pole[24].
  • North Magnetic Pole's different from is recorded as north geomagnetic pole[25].
  • North Magnetic Pole's different from is recorded as North Pole[26].
  • North Magnetic Pole's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777959271[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include geographic location[5] and magnetic pole of Earth[6].

History and Context

north is named after North Magnetic Pole[7].

Why It Matters

North Magnetic Pole ranks in the top 5% of geographic_location entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (536 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . ngdc.noaa.gov. ngdc.noaa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . gsc.nrcan.gc.ca. gsc.nrcan.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . gsc.nrcan.gc.ca. gsc.nrcan.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . maps.ngdc.noaa.gov. maps.ngdc.noaa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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