what is the difference between geographical north and magnetic north

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The geographic north is the true north pole of the Earth in terms of its curvature and it being a near perfect spherical body. The rotational axis of the Earth passes through its geographic poles.
The magnetic pole can be realized by consider the Earth as a giant magnet, which also has two poles - north and south. The north pole of the magnet is located in the same direction as the geographical north pole but a few degrees of.

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The magnetic north pole of Earth is same as its geographical north pole.

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