South Pole (Noun)
Meaning
The southernmost point of the Earth's axis.
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- The south pole is the point on the Earth's surface where the planet's axis of rotation meets its surface in the Southern Hemisphere.
- Scientists have long been fascinated by the extreme environment at the south pole.
- The south pole is not the same as the geographic South Pole, which is the southernmost point on Earth's land surface.
- A team of explorers led the first expedition to reach the south pole in January 1911.
- Due to its extreme remote location, no native human population inhabits the regions within a thousand miles of the south pole.