南なん磁じ極きょく

noun

south magnetic pole

Scientific term for the point in the southern hemisphere where the Earth's magnetic field points vertically downward. Not to be confused with the geographic South Pole.

• 南なん磁じ極きょくは地ち理り上じょうの南なん極きょく点てんとは異ことなる位い置ちにある。

  The south magnetic pole is located at a different position from the geographic South Pole.