'North Pole' definitions:
Definition of 'North Pole'
(from WordNet)
noun
The northernmost point of the Earth's axis
Definition of 'North pole'
From: GCIDE
- North \North\, a. Lying toward the north; situated at the north, or in a northern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the north, or coming from the north. [1913 Webster]
- North following. See Following, a., 2.
- North pole, that point in the heavens, or on the earth, ninety degrees from the equator toward the north.
- North preceding. See Following, a., 2.
- North star, the star toward which the north pole of the earth very nearly points, and which accordingly seems fixed and immovable in the sky. The star [alpha] (alpha) of the Little Bear, is our present north star, being distant from the pole about 1[deg] 25', and from year to year approaching slowly nearer to it. It is called also Cynosura, polestar, and by astronomers, Polaris. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'North Pole'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Alaska,
- Antarctic Zone,
- Antarctica,
- antipodal points,
- antipodes,
- antipoints,
- antipoles,
- Arctic Circle,
- Arctic Zone,
- black and white,
- China,
- contraposita,
- contrapositives,
- contraries,
- counterpoles,
- Darkest Africa,
- Frigid Zones,
- frontier,
- God knows where,
- godforsaken place,
- Greenland,
- Iceland,
- jumping-off place,
- Lower Slobbovia,
- night and day,
- Novaya Zemlya,
- nowhere,
- opposite poles,
- opposites,
- outback,
- Outer Mongolia,
- outer space,
- outpost,
- outskirts,
- Pago Pago,
- Pillars of Hercules,
- polar opposites,
- pole,
- poles,
- Siberia,
- South Pole,
- the Antarctic,
- the Arctic,
- the boondocks,
- the Great Divide,
- the Hebrides,
- the moon,
- the South Seas,
- the sticks,
- the tullies,
- the Yukon,
- Thule,
- Tierra del Fuego,
- Timbuktu,
- tundra,
- Ultima Thule,
- Yukon
North Pole, AK -- U.S. city in Alaska
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
North Pole, AK -- U.S. city in Alaska
Population (2000) :
1570
Housing Units (2000) :
653
Land area (2000) :
4.202283 sq. miles (10.883863 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.015457 sq. miles (0.040034 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
4.217740 sq. miles (10.923897 sq. km)
FIPS code :
55910
Located within :
Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location :
64.751048 N, 147.351969 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
99705
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.