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Location:
Antarctica,
South Pole
Category:
Landscape
Description:
View of the Amundsen-Scott South
Pole Station
Location Information:
The
South Pole, also known as the
Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial
South Pole, is one of the two points
where the Earth's axis of rotation
intersects its surface. It is the
southernmost point on the surface of
the Earth and lies on the opposite
side of the Earth from the North
Pole.
Situated on the continent of
Antarctica, it is the site of the
United States Amundsen-Scott South
Pole Station, which was established
in 1956 and has been permanently
staffed since that year. The
Geographic South Pole should not be
confused with the South Magnetic
Pole.
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