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Geographical pole

A geographical pole is a single, fixed, point on a spinning body or planet, at 90 degrees from the equator, based on the axis around which a body spins. For the purposes of cartography, it provides an agreed upon absolute point of measurement.

See: North Pole, South Pole, polar region.

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