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| Antarctic |
the land or seas at or near the South Pole; Antarctica or the Antarctic Ocean (used with "the"). |
| antarctic |
of or having to do with the South Pole. |
| Antarctica |
the continent that surrounds the South Pole. |
| aurora australis |
bands of light that appear in the skies at night near the South Pole; southern lights. |
| equator |
the imaginary circle around the earth that is halfway between the North and South Poles. The equator is represented by a line that goes around the middle of a globe. |
| longitude |
distance on the earth's surface east or west of an imaginary line on the globe that goes from the north pole to the south pole and passes through Greenwich, England. Longitude is usually measured in degrees. |
| magnetic pole |
either of two areas on the earth's surface, one near the geographic north pole and one near the geographic south pole, where the Earth's magnetic fields are strongest. A compass needle points to the magnetic north pole. [1/2 definitions] |
| meridian |
an imaginary circle around the earth that passes through the North and the South Pole, or either half of such a circle from one pole to the other. [1/2 definitions] |
| polar |
of or having to do with the North Pole or South Pole of the earth. |
| South Pole |
the point on the earth's surface that is farthest south. The South Pole is intersected by the southern end of the earth's axis. |
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