Antarctica

South Pole

The Geographic South Pole is the point where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the surface of the southern hemisphere, in the remote, bleak interior of .
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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 South Pole” and “Terrestrial South Pole”

South Pole

Latitude of center
-90° or 90° south
Longitude of center
0°
Elevation
2,835 metres (9,301 feet)
Named after
south
Open­Street­Map ID
node 436012592
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­pole
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q933
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“South Pole” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Suidpool”
  • Albanian: “Poli i Jugut”
  • Amharic: “ደቡብ ዋልታ”
  • Amis: “Notimolan ’Apocok”
  • Arabic: “القطب الجنوبي”
  • Aragonese: “Polo Sud”
  • Armenian: “Հարավային բևեռ”
  • Assamese: “কুমেৰু”
  • Asturian: “Polu Sur”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənub qütbü”
  • Balinese: “Kutub Kelod”
  • Banjar: “Kutub Salatan”
  • Bashkir: “Көньяҡ полюс”
  • Basque: “Hego poloa”
  • Basque: “hegoburua”
  • Basque: “Hegoburua”
  • Bavarian: “Siidpoi”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвае канцавосьсе”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвы полюс”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ মেরু”
  • Betawi: “Kutub Kidul”
  • Bosnian: “Južni pol”
  • Breton: “Pennahel ar Su”
  • Bulgarian: “Южен полюс”
  • Burmese: “တောင်ဝင်ရိုးစွန်း”
  • Catalan: “pol Sud”
  • Catalan: “Pol Sud”
  • Catalan: “South Pole”
  • Cebuano: “South Pole”
  • Central Bikol: “Habagatan na Polo”
  • Central Kurdish: “جەمسەری باشوور”
  • Chechen: “Къилба полюс”
  • Chechen: “Къилбера полюс”
  • Cherokee: “ᏧᎦᎾᏩ ᏩᏍᏛ”
  • Chinese: “Lâm-ke̍k”
  • Chinese: “南极点/南極點”
  • Chinese: “南极点”
  • Chinese: “南極”
  • Chinese: “南極點”
  • Chuvash: “Кăнтăр полюсĕ”
  • Cornish: “Pennaghel an Soth”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Cenüp qutubı”
  • Croatian: “Polovi južne polutke”
  • Czech: “Jižní pól”
  • Danish: “Sydpolen”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Poley Veroci”
  • Dutch: “geografische Zuidpool”
  • Dutch: “Zuidpool”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قطب جنوبى”
  • Esperanto: “Suda poluso”
  • Estonian: “Lõunapoolus”
  • Fiji Hindi: “South Pole”
  • Finnish: “etelänapa”
  • Finnish: “Etelänapa”
  • Finnish: “maantieteellinen etelänapa”
  • French: “pôle Sud”
  • French: “Pôle Sud”
  • Galician: “Polo Sur”
  • Gan Chinese: “南極點”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთი პოლუსი”
  • German: “geographischer Südpol”
  • German: “Südpol”
  • Gilaki: “جنوبی ٚ قۊطب”
  • Gilaki: “نسايي قۊطب”
  • Greek: “Νότιος Πόλος”
  • Hebrew: “הקוטב הדרומי”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिणी ध्रुव”
  • Hungarian: “Déli Sark”
  • Hungarian: “Déli-pólus”
  • Hungarian: “Déli-sark”
  • Icelandic: “Suðurheimskautið”
  • Icelandic: “Suðurpóllinn”
  • Ido: “Suda polo”
  • Iloko: “Abagatan nga Ungto”
  • Inari Sami: “maadânääpi”
  • Indonesian: “Kutub Selatan”
  • Ingush: “ЗIилбухера дунен шод”
  • Ingush: “ЗӀилбухера дунен шод”
  • Interlingua: “Polo Sud”
  • Irish: “An Pol Theas”
  • Italian: “Polo antartico”
  • Italian: “polo sud”
  • Italian: “Polo sud”
  • Japanese: “南極点”
  • Javanese: “Kutub Kidul”
  • Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಧ್ರುವ”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Къыбыла полюс”
  • Kazakh: “Оңтүстік полюс”
  • Kirghiz: “Түштүк уюл”
  • Korean: “남극점”
  • Kurdish: “Cemsera başûr”
  • Kurdish: “Cemsera Başûr”
  • Latin: “Polus australis”
  • Latin: “Polus Australis”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidpols”
  • Limburgan: “Zuudpoeal”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Polo sude”
  • Literary Chinese: “南極”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų ašigalis”
  • Low German: “Süüdpool”
  • Luxembourgish: “Südpol”
  • Macedonian: “јужен пол”
  • Macedonian: “Јужен Пол”
  • Malagasy: “Tendrontany Atsimo”
  • Malay: “Kutub Selatan”
  • Malayalam: “ദക്ഷിണധ്രുവം”
  • Maori: “Hauta Pōra”
  • Maori: “Pou Tonga”
  • Maori: “Te Pito Tonga”
  • Maori: “Te Pito Whakarunga o te Ao”
  • Maori: “Tōpito Whakarunga”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिण ध्रुव”
  • Mazanderani: “جنوب قطب”
  • Mazanderani: “جنوبگان قاره”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm-ke̍k”
  • Minangkabau: “Kutub Selatan”
  • Mingrelian: “ობჟათე პოლუსი”
  • Mongolian: “Өмнөд туйл”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لقطب الجنوبي”
  • Nepali: “दक्षिणी ध्रुव”
  • Northern Frisian: “Süüdpuul (eerd)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Süüdpuul”
  • Northern Sami: “lullipola”
  • Northern Sami: “máttapola”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sørpolen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sydpolen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sørpolen”
  • Norwegian: “Sydpolen”
  • Obolo: “Ọfọkọ agan̄ Osiki”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Pòl Sud”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sūþende þǣre eaxe”
  • Panjabi: “ਦੱਖਣੀ ਧਰੁਵ”
  • Papiamento: “Sùitpol”
  • Persian: “قطب جنوب جغرافیایی”
  • Persian: “قطب جنوب”
  • Piemontese: “Pòl Sud”
  • Polish: “biegun południowy”
  • Polish: “Biegun południowy”
  • Portuguese: “Polo Sul”
  • Portuguese: “Pólo Sul”
  • Quechua: “Urin qhipa”
  • Romanian: “Polul Sud”
  • Russian: “Южный полюс”
  • Rusyn: “Южный пол”
  • Samogitian: “Pėitū puolios”
  • Saraiki: “قطب جنوبی”
  • Sardinian: “Polu sud”
  • Scots: “Sooth Pole”
  • Serbian: “јужни пол”
  • Serbian: “Јужни пол”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Južni pol”
  • Sicilian: “Polu Sud”
  • Sindhi: “اتر قطب”
  • Sindhi: “ڏاکڻي قطب”
  • Sinhala: “දක්ෂිණ ධ්‍රැවය”
  • Skolt Sami: “saujjnääʹpp”
  • Slovak: “Južný pól”
  • Slovenian: “Južni tečaj”
  • Somali: “Cirifka Koonfur”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جنوب قوطبو”
  • South Azerbaijani: “گونئی قوطبی”
  • Spanish: “el Antártico”
  • Spanish: “Polo Sur Geografico”
  • Spanish: “Polo Sur Geográfico”
  • Spanish: “Polo sur”
  • Spanish: “Polo Sur”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴰⵙⴼⴰⵢⵍⵓ ⵏ ⵓⵏⵣⵓⵍ”
  • Swahili: “Ncha ya kusini”
  • Swedish: “South Pole”
  • Swedish: “Sydpolen”
  • Swiss German: “Sidpol”
  • Swiss German: “Südpol”
  • Tagalog: “Polong Timog”
  • Tagalog: “Timog Polo”
  • Tamil: “தென் துருவம்”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк котып”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ దృవం”
  • Thai: “ขั้วโลกใต้”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Südpol”
  • Turkish: “Güney Kutbu”
  • Turkmen: “Günorta polýus”
  • Tyap: “Tsuung A̱tak Lyen-a̱byin”
  • Tyap: “Tsuung A̱tak Swanta”
  • Udmurt: “Лымшор полюс”
  • Uighur: “جەنۇبى قۇتۇپ”
  • Ukrainian: “Південний бігун”
  • Ukrainian: “Південний полюс”
  • Urdu: “قطب جنوبی”
  • Uzbek: “Janubiy qutb”
  • Venetian: “poło sud”
  • Veps: “Suvinaba”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam Cực”
  • Võro: “Lõunõnaba”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Katungtungan Salatan”
  • Welsh: “Pegwn y De”
  • Western Frisian: “geografyske Súdpoal”
  • Western Frisian: “Súdpoal”
  • Western Panjabi: “جنوبی قطب”
  • Wolof: “Dottub Bëj-saalum”
  • Wu Chinese: “南极”
  • Xhosa: “I-South Pole”
  • Yakut: “Соҕуруу полюс”
  • Yiddish: “דרום פאלוס”
  • Yue Chinese: “南極”
  • “Lõunõnaba”
  • “Pėitū puolios”
  • “Pole sud”

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