geographic south

1. The direction from any point on Earth toward the South Pole.

2. Compare magnetic south

Example Sentences

And so, every New Year's Day the words of Amundsen and Scott, inscribed as epitaphs at the geographic South Pole, are ceremonially moved to the newly measured, precise bottom of the earth.

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Hundreds of miles away, the geographic South Pole has become another Antarctic hot spot.

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Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen was the first to reach the geographic South Pole in 1911.

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Upon reaching the geographic South Pole, Chandi celebrated by drinking a Coke.

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The study, led by Kyle Clem of Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, examined surface air temperatures at the world's southernmost weather observatory: the Amundsen-Scott station, located almost directly on top of the geographic South Pole.

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