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pole
subject			fact

pole	has height 0
	has terrestrial longitude 0
	has definition One of two points at which the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the geoid.
	is a kind of geocentric coordinate
geocentric coordinate	has component geocentric coordinate component
	has terrestrial latitude
	has coordinate origin Earth
point	has dimensions 0

Kinds of pole :

• north pole (5 facts) - The astronomical coordinate which coincides with the northern intersection of Earth's axis with the geoid.
• south pole (5 facts) - The astronomical coordinate which coincides with the southern intersection of Earth's axis with the geoid.