Pole or poles may refer to:

People

Poles (people) Polish people, or Poles, are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation who share a common History of Poland, history, Culture of Poland, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Central Europe. The preamble t ...

, another term for Polish people, from the country of Poland * Pole (surname), including a list of people with the name * Pole (musician) (Stefan Betke, born 1967), German electronic music artist * Spot Poles (Spottswood Poles, 1887–1962), American baseball player * Pole Atanraoi-Reim (fl. from 1992), a Kiribati lawyer * Pole baronets, three titles in the UK

Astronomy and geography

* Poles of astronomical bodies ** Celestial pole, two points where the axis of rotation intersects the celestial sphere ** Orbital pole, two points at the end of the orbital normal ** North magnetic pole of Earth ** South magnetic pole of Earth * Geographical pole, two points on Earth where its axis of rotation intersects its surface ** North Pole **

South Pole The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is the point in the Southern Hemisphere where the Earth's rotation, Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface. It is called the True South Pole to distinguish ...

Arts and entertainment

* ''Pole'' (album), by Pole, 2003 * ''Pole'' (Stockhausen), a 1970 composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen *Pole, a character in the game '' Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' * Jill Pole, a character in C. S. Lewis's ''Chronicles of Narnia'' series

Places

* Pole, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland * Pole, Botswana *Poles, former name of Hanbury Manor, Ware, England * Poles, a place in Highland council area, Scotland *Poles, former name of Hanbury Manor, Ware, England

Science and technology

* Pole, or terminal (electronics) * Pole, in contact terminology of a switch * Pole (unit of length), or perch or rod, a unit of length of various historical definitions * Pole, either end of a magnet * Pole (complex analysis), a certain type of mathematical singularity * Pole, an element of perspective (geometry) * Pole and polar, in geometry * Prospective Outlook on Long-term Energy Systems (POLES), a world simulation model for the energy sector * POLE (gene), in humans

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