Magnetic South Pole
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The Earth's Magnetic South Pole (actually the north pole of the Earth's magnetic field) is the shifting point to which the "south" end of a dipole magnet points. It is not located at Earth's South Terrestrial Pole; it is now off the coast of Antarctica, and drifts about 10 to 15 kilometers north-westerly each year.
It was first reached by Ernest Shackleton's Discovery Expedition, though there is now some doubt as to whether their location was correct [1].
Magnetic pole positions
| North Magnetic Pole [1] | (2001) | (2004 est) | (2005 est) |
| South Magnetic Pole [2] | (1998) . | (2004 est) |
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