celestial pole

English Thesaurus

1. one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere (noun.location)

hypernym	:	celestial point,
definition	:	a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere) (noun.location)

instance hyponym	:	north celestial pole,
definition	:	the celestial pole above the northern hemisphere; near Polaris (noun.location)

instance hyponym	:	south celestial pole,
definition	:	the celestial pole above the southern hemisphere (noun.location)