| SOUTH | The _____ Pole is the southern end of the Earth's axis, about 300 miles (480 km) south of the Ross Ice Shelf (5) |
| POTSDAMERPLATZ | Public square and traffic intersection about one kilometre south of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin (9,5) |
| CREEK | A cane pole is the right tackle here (part 1) |
| TOTEM | ___ pole is carved or painted with symbols (5) |
| MCMURDOSOUND | Bay which forms the western extension of the Ross Sea (7,5) |
| POLE | Either end of the earth's axis |
| NORTHPOLE | Arctic end of the earth's axis (5,4) |
| BRADLEY | Edmond Halley's successor as Astronomer Royal who discovered the aberration of starlight and the nutation of the Earth's axis (7) |
| VERDE | Cape is a republic in the Atlantic Ocean about 300 miles west of Senegal (5) |
| GENOA | Central city of the Italian Riviera, located about 75 miles (120 km) south of Milan (5) |
| POLARIS | Situated where the projection of the Earth's axis or the NCP lies, the current North Star, used to determine latitude and formerly by sailors for navigation (7) |
| SOUTHAMERICA | Fourth largest of today's continents. It is the southern portion of the landmass generally referred to as the New World. (5,7) |
| SOUTHPOLE | Situated on the continent of Antarctica, this is one of two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface (5,4) |
| POLAR | Relating to the end regions of the earth's axis |
| AMESIOWA | Midwest city that's about 300 miles west of Chicago, Illinois |
| HANOI | Capital about 300 miles northwest of Vientiane |
| KARAKORAM | Mountain system extending some 300 miles (500 km) from the easternmost extension of Afghanistan in a southeasterly direction along the watershed between Central and South Asia. These mountains have th |
| TILT | Feature of the earth's axis that causes the seasons |
| SOLSTICE | The point when the Earth's axis is tilted most closely towards the sun; it occurs twice every year |
| ADMIRALTYRANGE | Group of mountains in Antarctica on the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, bounded by the Ross Sea |