the South Pole

noun

: the most southern point on the surface of the earth

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The huge 1,600-mile (2,500-kilometer) wide expanse of the South Pole–Aitken Basin extends considerably onto the far side of the moon. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2026 The highest temperature is 45 degrees at Esperanza Base while the lowest temperature is minus 23 degrees at the South Pole. Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 23 Jan. 2026 Over the course of 100 days, the actor throws himself headfirst into extreme challenges, from skiing to the South Pole to diving beneath the ice at the North Pole. Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 22 Jan. 2026 Also in this week’s Screen Gab, our streaming recommendations are a series documenting an Oscar winner’s 26,000-mile journey from the South Pole to the North Pole and a 1950s film starring a former president and a monkey. Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026 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 1 Feb. 2026.

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