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    Location of the North Magnetic Pole


    N. Magnetic Pole


    in april-may 1994, gsc carried out a magnetic survey in the high arctic to redetermine the position of the north magnetic pole. this knowledge is crucial to a gsc program that supplies up-to-date information to navigators and cartographers. the pole was found to be on ellef ringnes island (at 78.3° n, 104.0° w), 150 km northwest of the position where it had been located a decade earlier. width="284">