South's one of the cardinal directions and's opposite to the north. By Western convention, the bottom side of a map's south; the southern direction has azimuth or bearing of 180°. True south's the direction towards the southern end of the axis about which the earth rotates, called the South Pole and located in Antarctica. Magnetic south's the direction towards the south magnetic pole, some distance away from the south geographic pole. Etymology The etymology of "south" comes the Old Engli… (More on South)