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The needle is pointing to the magnetic south, which is near our geographic north.



From your own first link:

"Because opposite poles attract, Earth's south magnetic pole is physically actually a magnetic north pole"


Ok I guess I misread: magnetic south pole != south magnetic pole. Got it.


That wikipedia wording is very confusing, they mean: "Earth’s magnetic pole near the geographic South Pole is actually a magnetic north pole."




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