北ほく磁じ極きょく

noun

north magnetic pole

Refers to the point on Earth's surface where the geomagnetic field points vertically downward; distinct from the geographic North Pole.

• 北ほく磁じ極きょくは地ち理り上じょうの北ほっ極きょくとは異ことなる場ば所しょにある。

  The north magnetic pole is located at a different place from the geographic North Pole.

• コンパスは北ほく磁じ極きょくの方ほう向こうを指さす。

  A compass points toward the north magnetic pole.