Magnetic pole may refer to:
* One of the two ends of a
magnet
A magnet is a material or object that produces a magnetic field. This magnetic field is invisible but is responsible for the most notable property of a magnet: a force that pulls on other ferromagnetic materials, such as iron, steel, nickel, ...
*
Magnetic monopole
In particle physics, a magnetic monopole is a hypothetical elementary particle that is an isolated magnet with only one magnetic pole (a north pole without a south pole or vice versa). A magnetic monopole would have a net north or south "magneti ...
, a hypothetical elementary particle
* The
magnetic poles of astronomical bodies, a special case of magnets, especially:
** The
North Magnetic Pole
The north magnetic pole, also known as the magnetic north pole, is a point on the surface of Earth's Northern Hemisphere at which the Earth's magnetic field, planet's magnetic field points vertically downward (in other words, if a magnetic comp ...
of planet Earth, a point where the ''north'' end of a compass points downward
** The
South Magnetic Pole of planet Earth, a point where the ''south'' end of a compass points downward
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