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> The title is written specifically for UK readers Is it? The `.au` TLD might suggest otherwise.
by louthy 10mo ago
> The title is written specifically for UK readers
Is it? The `.au` TLD might suggest otherwise.
- MangoToupe 10mo agoTrue. There may be australians interested in other otherwise-obscure islands
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- LeifCarrotson 10mo agoNot having thought about it too hard, if the three norths all align at -2 degrees west longitude, wouldn't they also be aligned at 178 degrees East longitude, somewhere near the east coast of New Zealand? Do the analogous "three souths" also have an alignment, and is it precisely opposite the north poles?
- Majromax 10mo ago> Not having thought about it too hard, if the three norths all align at -2 degrees west longitude, wouldn't they also be aligned at 178 degrees East longitude, somewhere near the east coast of New Zealand? There is no required equivalent 'three souths' alignment because the Earth's magnetic field is not a pure dipole. Higher-moment variations can cause essentially arbitrary (but small) deviations of magnetic north/south from its dipole approximation.