0 one of two points on the earth's surface that are directly opposite each other, and that are at the north and south ends of the earth's magnetic field. Their position is always changing.
Over several thousand years, the average location of the geomagnetic poles coincides with the geographical poles.
It is frequently displayed on the present latitude-longitude map as a path connecting the locations of geomagnetic poles, inferred at distinct times using paleomagnetic techniques.
The dipolar part dominates the geomagnetic field and determines the direction of the geomagnetic poles.
