<P> The North Magnetic Pole is the point on the surface of Earth's Northern Hemisphere at which the planet's magnetic field points vertically downwards (in other words, if a magnetic compass needle is allowed to rotate about a horizontal axis, it will point straight down). There is only one location where this occurs, near (but distinct from) the Geographic North Pole and the Geomagnetic North Pole . </P> <P> The North Magnetic Pole moves over time due to magnetic changes in the Earth's core . In 2001, it was determined by the Geological Survey of Canada to lie west of Ellesmere Island in northern Canada at 81 ° 18 ′ N 110 ° 48 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 81.3 ° N 110.8 ° W ﻿ / 81.3; - 110.8 ﻿ (Magnetic North Pole 2001). It was situated at 83 ° 06 ′ N 117 ° 48 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 83.1 ° N 117.8 ° W ﻿ / 83.1; - 117.8 ﻿ (Magnetic North Pole 2005 est) in 2005 . In 2009, while still situated within the Canadian Arctic territorial claim at 84 ° 54 ′ N 131 ° 00 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 84.9 ° N 131.0 ° W ﻿ / 84.9; - 131.0 ﻿ (Magnetic North Pole 2009), it was moving toward Russia at between 55 and 60 kilometres (34 and 37 mi) per year . As of 2017, the pole is projected to have moved beyond the Canadian Arctic territorial claim to 86 ° 30 ′ N 172 ° 36 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 86.5 ° N 172.6 ° W ﻿ / 86.5; - 172.6 ﻿ (Magnetic North Pole 2017 est). </P> <P> Its southern hemisphere counterpart is the South Magnetic Pole . Since the Earth's magnetic field is not exactly symmetrical, the North and South Magnetic Poles are not antipodal, meaning that a straight line drawn from one to the other does not pass through the geometric centre of the Earth . </P>

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