THE Great Pyramid of Giza has the “most amazing characteristic” because it is “perfectly oriented on Earth’s True North”, a tell-all documentary reveals.

The magnetic north pole is now north of Canada’s Arctic islands, hundreds of miles south of the geographic north pole. It drifts more than 25 miles each year, and seems to be headed for Siberia.

Earth’s north pole comes in two forms: true north and magnetic north. True north refers to the geographic north pole, the fixed point where Earth’s rotational axis meets its surface.

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TRUE north, magnetic north and grid north have met for the first time in map reading history — at a drainage pipe in Dorset.The three ways of measur. Jump directly to the content.

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When the two stars lay vertically above each other, both would mark the position of true north for the pyramid builders. ... construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza began between 2485 and 2475 BC.

Earth’s magnetic north is not static. Like an anchorless buoy pushed by ocean waves, the magnetic field is constantly on the move as liquid iron sloshes around in the planet’s outer core.

For while its position has changed, Magnetic North has been west of Grid North by a few degrees for more than two centuries. In fact, it's been true ever since the Ordnance Survey was founded in 1791.

True north, magnetic north and grid north will become one in early November – making landfall at the village of Langton Matravers in Dorset before travelling up the country.

True north is the direction of a meridian of longitude, an imaginary circle of the Earth, which converges on the North Pole. Magnetic north is the direction magnetic compasses point to.

The magnetic north pole is different from the geographic North Pole. The geographic North Pole (or “true north”) is where Earth’s axis meets its surface and is a fixed point on the globe.