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geographic north
geographic north
- The direction from any point on Earth toward the North Pole.
- Also called true north
- Compare magnetic north
Example Sentences
That has caused the geographic North Pole to shift at a speed of 4.36 centimetres per year, researchers have calculated.
Not the actual geographic North Pole, but a town near Fairbanks that takes the Christmas spirit seriously year-round.
The large ice floe comprising the field was as close as possible to the geographic North Pole.
Boston College is offering something similar, called “True North” — a reference to the geographic North Pole, rather than the magnetic pole of a compass — during orientation this summer, for the first time, to new students and their parents.
Sue Flood captured a geographic North Pole signpost protruding from submerged sea ice.
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