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Movement of the North Pole

Last edited: Fri 11 Jan 2019

North Pole alignment for GPS (last updated in 2015) is close to exceeding acceptable limit for navigational errors according to the journal Nature.

How the North Pole is shifting (Image: World Data Centre for Geomagnetism/Kyoto Univ.)

North is moving at about 50 km per year!