The north magnetic pole of a compass magnet points towards earth's geographic <u>NORTH</u> and earth's magnetic <u>SOUTH</u>.
Explanation:
Like poles repel each other and unlike poles attract each other. A magnetic compass is based on this property of magnets. It has magnetic needle and it is known that every magnet has two poles - North pole and south pole. A compass is used find the directions. The needle points towards North. This north is actually the Earth's geographic north and would be magnetic south because south pole will attract north pole of the compass.
