Earth's North Magnetic Pole interactive
This interactive illustrates how a compass is used to find North, and how
a compass can give a false reading because the North
Magnetic Pole is not in
exactly the same place as the Geographic North Pole. Drag the compass around
the map to see how well it does at indicating True (Geographic)
North.
(Note: If you cannot see the animation below, or it is not working properly,
you may need to download the latest Flash
player.)
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