the South Pole

noun

: the most southern point on the surface of the earth

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Rising out of the frozen plateau is the South Pole Telescope, a key tool for radio astronomy. Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025 China aims to land humans at the South Pole before the year 2030. Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025 At the South Pole, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, an immense detector buried deep under the ice, has been built to do just that. Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2025 Newsweek has mapped the extent of the countries' existing operations around the South Pole and has contacted the Chinese and Russian foreign ministries for comment. Brendan Cole john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for the South Pole

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“The South Pole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20South%20Pole. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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