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The poles of the magnet Earth areasare as in the figure included in this link: https://www.wtamu.edu/~cbaird/sq/2013/11/15/why-does-a-magnetic-compass-point-to-the-geographic-north-pole/ The South of the Earth magnet is near the geografic North and vice-versa. By convention, the end of the compass pointing (approximatelly) towards the geografic North was labeled "North". So, being attracted by the South of another magnet (and replledrepelled by the North) it must point towards a real magnetic South pole. Unfortunatelly, you can see many web pages labeling the pole of the magnet Earth near the geografic North as "magnetic North". This is either uisng a different convention than the one in physics or is just ignorance of physics, expecially when they show the actual magnet, modelling Earth, with the North pole in the Arctic zone. Too bad that the figure is from a physics textbook. Maybe you should look for a different book. Look here, slide no 6, for the image in a decent book: https://web.njit.edu/~tyson/P122-ECE_Lecture8_Ch27.pdf

The poles of the magnet Earth areas in the figure included in this link: https://www.wtamu.edu/~cbaird/sq/2013/11/15/why-does-a-magnetic-compass-point-to-the-geographic-north-pole/ The South of the Earth magnet is near the geografic North and vice-versa. By convention, the end of the compass pointing (approximatelly) towards the geografic North was labeled "North". So, being attracted by the South of another magnet (and replled by the North) it must point towards a real magnetic South pole. Unfortunatelly, you can see many web pages labeling the pole of the magnet Earth near the geografic North as "magnetic North". This is either uisng a different convention than the one in physics or is just ignorance of physics, expecially when they show the actual magnet, modelling Earth, with the North pole in the Arctic zone. Too bad that the figure is from a physics textbook. Maybe you should look for a different book. Look here, slide no 6, for the image in a decent book: https://web.njit.edu/~tyson/P122-ECE_Lecture8_Ch27.pdf

The poles of the magnet Earth are as in the figure included in this link: https://www.wtamu.edu/~cbaird/sq/2013/11/15/why-does-a-magnetic-compass-point-to-the-geographic-north-pole/ The South of the Earth magnet is near the geografic North and vice-versa. By convention, the end of the compass pointing (approximatelly) towards the geografic North was labeled "North". So, being attracted by the South of another magnet (and repelled by the North) it must point towards a real magnetic South pole. Unfortunatelly, you can see many web pages labeling the pole of the magnet Earth near the geografic North as "magnetic North". This is either uisng a different convention than the one in physics or is just ignorance of physics, expecially when they show the actual magnet, modelling Earth, with the North pole in the Arctic zone. Too bad that the figure is from a physics textbook. Maybe you should look for a different book. Look here, slide no 6, for the image in a decent book: https://web.njit.edu/~tyson/P122-ECE_Lecture8_Ch27.pdf

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The poles of the magnet Earth areas in the figure included in this link: https://www.wtamu.edu/~cbaird/sq/2013/11/15/why-does-a-magnetic-compass-point-to-the-geographic-north-pole/ The South of the Earth magnet is near the geografic North and vice-versa. By convention, the end of the compass pointing (approximatelly) towards the geografic North was labeled "North". So, being attracted by the South of another magnet (and replled by the North) it must point towards a real magnetic South pole. Unfortunatelly, you can see many web pages labeling the pole of the magnet Earth near the geografic North as "magnetic North". This is either uisng a different convention than the one in physics or is just ignorance of physics, expecially when they show the actual magnet, modelling Earth, with the North pole in the Arctic zone. Too bad that the figure is from a physics textbook. Maybe you should look for a different book. Look here, slide no 6, for the image in a decent book: https://web.njit.edu/~tyson/P122-ECE_Lecture8_Ch27.pdf