2009 $1 Australian Antarctic Territory South Magnetic Pole 1oz Silver Coloured Proof Coin

The South Magnetic Pole is the Southern Hemisphere’s point on the Earth’s surface where the direction of the Earth's magnetic field is vertically upwards. Because of the field's constant ‘drift’, the location of South Magnetic Pole moves continuously. The coin’s reverse depicts Douglas Mawson and two Antarctic explorers against a blue-coloured sky. The image, which incorporates The Perth Mint’s ‘P’ mintmark, appears within the shape of the Antarctic continent The reverse includes the inscriptions SOUTH MAGNETIC POLE: 1909 – 2005 100 YEARS, and ‘Australian Antarctic Territory’.