South Pole

The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole, Terrestrial South Pole or 90th Parallel South, is the southernmost point on Earth and lies antipodally on the opposite side of Earth from the North Pole, at a distance of 12,430 miles (20,004 km) in all directions.

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This Week @NASA: Historic Delivery to the Moon’s South Pole, Scientific Balloon Record, OSIRIS-APEX Perihelion

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