Question

Which geographic pole of the earth is nearest the magnetic north pole of the earth?

Answer 1

When suspended freely, the North Pole of a bar magnet points towards earth's magnetic South Pole and South Pole of a bar magnet points towards the magnetic North Pole of Earth. For convenience, we consider Earth's magnetic North Pole geographical South Pole and Earth's magnetic South Pole, the geographical North Pole. Considering this fact, the geographical South Pole is nearest to the magnetic South Pole of Earth.

Answer 2

Answer:

south magnetic pole

Furthermore, the magnetic pole near earth's geographic north pole is actually the south magnetic pole. When it comes to magnets, opposites attract. This fact means that the north end of a magnet in a compass is attracted to the south magnetic pole, which lies close to the geographic north pole