Give information about the Earth's magnetic field lines and the location of the magnetic poles.

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(N/A) The magnetic field lines of the Earth resemble that of a magnetic dipole located at the centre of the Earth.
The axis of the dipole does not coincide with the axis of rotation of the Earth but is presently tilted by $11.3^{\circ}$.
The magnetic poles are located where the magnetic field lines due to the dipole enter or leave the Earth.
The location of the north magnetic pole is at a latitude of $79.74^{\circ} N$ and a longitude of $71.8^{\circ} W$,a place somewhere in north Canada.
The magnetic south pole is at $79.74^{\circ} S, 108.22^{\circ} E$ in the Antarctica.

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