GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A compass needle will point to the direction of the Magnetic North Pole . But this doesn’t mean that a compass always points to the Geographic North Pole. This difference is magnetic inclination. The Earth’s magnetic north is changing every day because of the hot, liquid metal that surrounds the inner core.

Detailed explanation-2: -A magnetic compass does not point to the geographic north pole. A magnetic compass points to the earth’s magnetic poles, which are not the same as earth’s geographic poles. Furthermore, the magnetic pole near earth’s geographic north pole is actually the south magnetic pole.

Detailed explanation-3: -If you mean the geographical North Pole, the needle would point south, as that is the only direction one can go from there; more specifically it would point south along the 112.4 degrees west longitude meridian towards the magnetic north pole at 82 degrees north, which is where compasses point.

Detailed explanation-4: -Earth’s magnetic north pole is near Earth’s geographic south. That’s why the north pole of a compass points toward north because that’s where Earth’s south magnetic pole is located and they attract.

Detailed explanation-5: -Magnetic north is the direction that a compass needle points to as it aligns with the Earth’s magnetic field. What is interesting is that the magnetic North Pole shifts and changes over time in response to changes in the Earth’s magnetic core. It is not a fixed point.