Is true north the same thing as magnetic north?

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Is true north the same thing as magnetic north?

Answer 1

no true north points at the north pole while magnetic north is described as follows.    North Magnetic Pole

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Part of the Carta Marina of 1539 by Olaus Magnus, depicting the location of magnetic north vaguely conceived as "Insula Magnetu[m]" (Latin for "Island of Magnets") off modern day Murmansk. The man holding the rune staffs is the Norse hero Starkad.

Part of the Carta Marina of 1539 by Olaus Magnus, depicting the location of magnetic north vaguely conceived as "Insula Magnetu[m]" (Latin for "Island of Magnets") off modern day Murmansk. The man holding the rune staffs is the Norse hero Starkad.

The Earth's North Magnetic Pole is the wandering point on the Earth's surface at which the Earth's magnetic field points vertically downwards (i.e. the "dip" is 90°). The North Magnetic Pole should not be confused with the lesser known North Geomagnetic Pole, described later in this article.

In 2001, the North Magnetic Pole was determined by the Geological Survey of Canada to lie near Ellesmere Island in northern Canada at [show location on an interactive map] 81.3° N 110.8° W. It was estimated to be at [show location on an interactive map] 82.7° N 114.4° W in 2005.

Its southern hemisphere counterpart is the South Magnetic Pole. Because the Earth's magnetic field is not exactly symmetrical, the North and South Magnetic Poles are not antipodal: a line drawn from one to the other does not pass through the centre of the Earth (it actually misses by about 530 km or 329.3 mi)

Answer 2

No.  True north is the north end of axis of the earth's rotation.  Magnetic north is a shifting magnetic field of the earth and is a long way from the true north pole.

Answer 3

nope

the magnetic north-south and geographic north-south directions are inclined at an angle to each other that keeps on increasing..

Answer 4

No.  On some hardcopy maps, they show both, with a number to indicate angular difference.

Answer 5

No , there are charts that show the magnetic lines of force and they will vary from true north depending on your geographic location. Magnetic north is on the move now and has drifted from around Greenland to mid Canada and there is some speculation the the mag north and south will reverse polarity in the near future .

Answer 6

No. True north is directly toward the North Pole. Magnetic north is directly toward the North Magnetic Pole, or the direction a compass points. The North Magnetic Pole slowly moves, but it is currently in Canada, not even in the Arctic Ocean where the North Pole is.

Interestingly, there is also a South Magnetic Pole, and it is not directly opposite the North Magnetic Pole.