North Pole

The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: one of the two points where the Earth’s axis of rotation intersects its surface
  • Also known as: “geographic North Pole”, “Geographic North Pole”, “terrestrial North Pole”, “Terrestrial North Pole”, and “True North Pole”

North Pole

Latitude
90° north
Longitude
0°
Open location code
FF222222+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 269538499
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­pole
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q934
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“North Pole” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Kutôb Barôh”
  • Afrikaans: “Noordpool”
  • Albanian: “Poli i Veriut”
  • Amharic: “ስሜን ዋልታ”
  • Amis: “No’amisan ’Apocok kaitiraan”
  • Arabic: “القطب الشمالي”
  • Aragonese: “Polo Norte”
  • Armenian: “Աշխարհագրական հյուսիսային բևեռ”
  • Armenian: “Հյուսիսային բևեռ”
  • Assamese: “সুমেৰু”
  • Asturian: “Polu Norte”
  • Asturian: “Polu nortu xeográficu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şimal qütbü”
  • Balinese: “Kutub Kalér”
  • Banjar: “Kutub Utara”
  • Bashkir: “Төньяҡ полюс”
  • Basque: “Ipar poloa”
  • Basque: “Iparburua”
  • Bavarian: “Noadpoi”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночнае канцавосьсе”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночны полюс”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর মেরু”
  • Bosnian: “Sjeverni pol”
  • Breton: “Pennahel an Norzh”
  • Bulgarian: “Северен полюс”
  • Burmese: “မြောက်ဝင်ရိုးစွန်း”
  • Catalan: “pol Nord”
  • Catalan: “Pol Nord”
  • Central Bikol: “Amihanan na Polo”
  • Central Kurdish: “جەمسەری باکوور”
  • Chechen: “Къилбаседа полюс”
  • Chinese: “Pak-ke̍k”
  • Chinese: “北极点”
  • Chinese: “北極”
  • Chinese: “北極點”
  • Chuvash: “Çурçĕр полюсĕ”
  • Chuvash: “Çурçĕрти полюс”
  • Cornish: “Pennaghel an North”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Şimal qutubı”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Şimaliy qutup”
  • Croatian: “Polovi sjeverne polutke”
  • Czech: “Severní pól”
  • Danish: “Nordpolen”
  • Dutch: “geografische Noordpool”
  • Dutch: “Noordpool”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قطب شمالى”
  • Esperanto: “Norda poluso”
  • Estonian: “Põhjapoolus”
  • Fiji Hindi: “North Pole”
  • Finnish: “maantieteellinen pohjoisnapa”
  • Finnish: “pohjoisnapa”
  • Finnish: “Pohjoisnapa”
  • French: “Pôle Nord géographique terrestre”
  • French: “pôle Nord”
  • French: “Pôle Nord”
  • Galician: “Polo Norte”
  • Gan Chinese: “北極點”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთი პოლუსი”
  • German: “geographischer Nordpol”
  • German: “Nordpol”
  • Greek: “Βόρειος Πόλος”
  • Gujarati: “ઉત્તર ધ્રુવ”
  • Hebrew: “הקוטב הצפוני”
  • Hindi: “उत्तरी ध्रुव”
  • Hungarian: “Északi-sark”
  • Icelandic: “Norðurheimskautið”
  • Ido: “Norda polo”
  • Iloko: “Amianan nga Ungto”
  • Inari Sami: “tavenääpi”
  • Inari Sami: “Tavenääpi”
  • Indonesian: “Kutub Utara”
  • Ingush: “ГIинбухера дунен шод”
  • Ingush: “ГӀинбухера дунен шод”
  • Interlingua: “Polo Nord”
  • Inuktitut: “ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᑲᔾᔨᖓ ᑐᓄᕕᐊᖅ”
  • Irish: “An Pol Thuaidh”
  • Italian: “Polo artico”
  • Italian: “polo nord”
  • Italian: “Polo nord”
  • Japanese: “北極点”
  • Javanese: “Kutub Lor”
  • Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಧ್ರುವ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Arqa polyus”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Шимал полюс”
  • Kazakh: “Солтүстік полюс”
  • Kirghiz: “Түндүк уюл”
  • Korean: “북극”
  • Korean: “북극점”
  • Kurdish: “Cemsera Bakur”
  • Lao: “ຂົ້ວໂລກເໜືອ”
  • Latin: “Polus arcticus”
  • Latin: “Polus Septentrionalis”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļpols”
  • Limburgan: “Naordpoeal”
  • Literary Chinese: “北極”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės ašigalis”
  • Low German: “Noordpool”
  • Luxembourgish: “geographeschen Nordpol”
  • Luxembourgish: “Nordpol”
  • Macedonian: “Северен пол”
  • Macedonian: “Северен Пол”
  • Malagasy: “Tendrontany Avaratra”
  • Malay: “Kutub Utara”
  • Malayalam: “ഉത്തരധ്രുവം”
  • Marathi: “उत्तर ध्रुव”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pak-ke̍k”
  • Minangkabau: “Kutub Utara”
  • Mongolian: “Умард туйл”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لقطب الشمالي”
  • Nepali: “उत्तरी ध्रुव”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nuurdpuul”
  • Northern Sami: “davvináhpi”
  • Northern Sami: “davvipola”
  • Northern Sami: “Davvipola”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nordpolen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nordpolen”
  • Norwegian: “Nordpolen”
  • Obolo: “Ọfọkọ agan̄ Inyọn̄”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Pòl Nòrd”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Norþende þære eaxe”
  • Oromo: “Waantaa Kaabaa”
  • Panjabi: “ਉੱਤਰੀ ਧਰੁਵ”
  • Papiamento: “Nortpol”
  • Persian: “قطب شمال”
  • Piemontese: “Pòl Nòrd”
  • Polish: “biegun północny”
  • Polish: “Biegun północny”
  • Portuguese: “Polo Norte”
  • Portuguese: “Pólo Norte”
  • Quechua: “Chinchay qhipa”
  • Romanian: “Polul Nord”
  • Russia Buriat: “Хойто туйл”
  • Russian: “Северный полюс”
  • Russian: “Се́верный по́люс”
  • Rusyn: “Северный пол”
  • Samogitian: “Šiaurės puolios”
  • Santali: “ᱮᱛᱚᱢ ᱢᱮᱨᱩ”
  • Saraiki: “قطب شمالی”
  • Sardinian: “Polu norte”
  • Serbian: “сјеверни пол”
  • Serbian: “Сјеверни пол”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sjeverni pol”
  • Sicilian: “Polu Nord”
  • Sindhi: “اترين قطب”
  • Sinhala: “උත්තර ධ් රැවය”
  • Sinhala: “උත්තර ධ්‍රැවය”
  • Skolt Sami: “tâʹvvnääʹpp”
  • Slovak: “Severný pól”
  • Slovenian: “Severni tečaj”
  • Somali: “Cirifka waqooyi”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قوزئی قوطبو”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قوزئی قوطبی”
  • Spanish: “Polo Norte Geográfico”
  • Spanish: “Polo norte”
  • Spanish: “Polo Norte”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴰⵙⴼⴰⵢⵍⵓ ⵏ ⵓⴳⴰⴼⴰ”
  • Swahili: “Ncha ya kaskazini”
  • Swedish: “Nordpolen”
  • Swiss German: “Nordpol”
  • Tagalog: “Hilagang Polo”
  • Tajik: “Қутби Шимолӣ”
  • Tamil: “வட துருவம்”
  • Tatar: “Төньяк котып”
  • Telugu: “ఉత్తర దృవం”
  • Telugu: “ఉత్తర ధ్రువం”
  • Thai: “ขั้วโลกเหนือ”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Nordpol”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Kutbu”
  • Turkmen: “Demirgazyk polýus”
  • Tyap: “Tsuung A̱za lyen-a̱byin”
  • Tyap: “Tsuung A̱za Swanta”
  • Udmurt: “Уйпал полюс”
  • Uighur: “شىمالى قۇتۇپ”
  • Ukrainian: “Північний бігун”
  • Ukrainian: “Північний полюс”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Sewjerny čop”
  • Urdu: “قطب شمالی”
  • Uzbek: “Shimoliy qutb”
  • Veps: “Pohjoižnaba”
  • Vietnamese: “Bắc Cực”
  • Vlaams: “Nôordpole”
  • Võro: “Põh’anaba”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Katungtungan Amihanan”
  • Welsh: “Pegwn y Gogledd”
  • Western Armenian: “Հիւսիսային Բեւեռ”
  • Western Frisian: “geografyske Noardpoal”
  • Western Frisian: “Noardpoal”
  • Western Panjabi: “شمالی قطب”
  • Wolof: “Dottub Bëj-gànnaar”
  • Wu Chinese: “北極”
  • Wu Chinese: “北極點”
  • Yakut: “Хоту полюс”
  • Yiddish: “צפון פאלוס”
  • Yue Chinese: “北極”
  • “Põh’anaba”
  • “Pole nord”
  • “Šiaurės puolios”

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