north pole Comparison Table

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north pole comparison table

Subject is part of has definition has terrestrial latitude is opposite of is a kind of is an instance of

pole One of two points at which the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the geoid. geocentric coordinate

north pole Earth The astronomical coordinate which coincides with the northern intersection of Earth's axis with the geoid. +90 degrees south pole pole

Subject	is part of	has definition	has terrestrial latitude	is opposite of	is a kind of	is an instance of
pole		One of two points at which the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the geoid.			geocentric coordinate
north pole	Earth	The astronomical coordinate which coincides with the northern intersection of Earth's axis with the geoid.	+90 degrees	south pole		pole

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