Based on the current WMM, the 2025 location of the North Magnetic Pole is 85.762°N and 139.298°E and the South Magnetic Pole is 63.851°S and 135.078°E. Learn about how and why the geomagnetic poles move, and access pole location data from 1590–2025.

Dec 20, 2024 · While the geographical North Pole stays fixed in place (at the very summit of the Earth's rotational axis), the WMM pinpoints the magnetic North Pole – where Earth's magnetic field points straight down, a perfectly vertical magnetic field.

The north magnetic pole, also known as the magnetic north pole, is a point on the surface of Earth's Northern Hemisphere at which the planet's magnetic field points vertically downward (in other words, if a magnetic compass needle is allowed to rotate in three dimensions, it …

Jan 21, 2025 · British explorer Sir James Clark Ross discovered the magnetic north pole in 1831 in northern Canada, approximately 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) south of the true North Pole.

Jan 23, 2025 · While the geographical North Pole stays fixed in place (at the very summit of the Earth's rotational axis), the WMM pinpoints the magnetic North Pole – where Earth's magnetic field points straight down, a perfectly vertical magnetic field. Magnetic north has shifted a lot over the centuries. (BGS) And as the iron and nickel inside our planet ...

Dec 18, 2024 · Hoping to keep tabs on the magnetic north's wandering ways, the World Magnetic Model 2025 has been released this week, revealing the latest official predicted placement of Earth's...

Jan 22, 2025 · Scientists have released a new model tracking the position of the magnetic north pole, revealing that the pole is now closer to Siberia than it was five years ago and is continuing to drift...

Dec 17, 2024 · The updated version of the World Magnetic Model was released on Dec. 17, with a new prediction of how the magnetic north pole will shift over the next five years. Here's why it was changed.

Jan 27, 2025 · As for the 2020 update, scientists confirmed—by analyzing magnetic north’s position—that the previous model was pretty accurate. “The forecast was very good […].

Mar 28, 2016 · As Earth's magnetic field varies over time, the positions of the North and South Magnetic Poles gradually change. Magnetic declination—the angle between magnetic North and true North—at a given location also changes over time.