It is known that the magnetic needle is located from the north pole to the south pole of any magnet.

It is known that the magnetic needle is located from the north pole to the south pole of any magnet. How to explain that the compass needle points with its north end to the North Pole of the Earth, which is also a magnet?

It is known from the problem statement that the magnetic needle is located from the north pole to the south pole of any other magnet. But the compass needle points with its northern end to the North Pole of the Earth, even though the planet is a magnet. This is because the geographic poles are the outlets of an imaginary axis around which the Earth rotates. And the magnetic poles of the Earth are the zones of maxima of the planet’s magnetic field and they do not coincide with the geographic ones. The magnetic field lines run inland from the magnetic south pole to the magnetic north pole and exit from the magnetic north pole near the geographic south pole. Further, enveloping the planet, the lines, without crossing, rush through space and gather at the south magnetic pole, located near the north geographic pole, unfolding the magnetic arrows along the lines of the magnetic field.