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==== 2. Magnetic North / Magnetic South (Earth’s Magnetic Field Poles) ====

These are not fixed — they wander because the Earth’s core is fluid, molten iron moving in currents.
* Magnetic North is not at the same spot as True North.
* It is drifting from Canada toward Siberia at 30–40 miles per year.
* Magnetic South wanders similarly around Antarctica.

Your compass points to Magnetic North, not True North.

This means:
* A compass is slightly “wrong” depending on where you stand on Earth.
* That error is called magnetic declination.
* Every location has a different declination — sometimes several degrees off.

So the maps we use (True North) and the compasses we use (Magnetic North) operate on two different grids.