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Because 'poles' refer to the extremes of Earth's imaginary axis in which it rotates or spins.
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I got a "West Pole" for ya!
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Because the earth's axis spins on the north and south pole. There is no place of significance equidistant from the poles to pinpoint an east or west pole. The closest thing you relate to a "west and east pole is the equator.
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Because there is no east or west. The axis makes up the north and south but no such marker is there for the other directions.
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However, if you really wanted "West" and "East" poles, you could choose two points upon the earths surface (or sea bed) that are 90 degrees west and east (respectively) of an arbitrary point such as Greenwich, along the equator. Greenwich would be a good "mid point" between the "equatorial" pokes as it is Arbitrarily taken as being 0 degrees when considering Longitude, that is, degrees around the earth's equator. Whilst it's all based upon an arbitrary point upon the planet, having an agreed upon and "defined" point is essential for time-keeping, measurement etc. So let's find those west and east poles! Hope you like my perspective, <bytecode />
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Several people have given answers that are good, but I don't think that they are quite clear enough. The North and South poles are defined by Earth's rotation. They are the points on Earth's surface that mark the axis about which Earth rotates. There is no equivalent axis going east to west about which Earth also rotates. So, there are no east and west poles. So, the North and South poles are defined by a physical characteristic of the Earth. East and West poles would just be arbitrarily chosen location on Earth's surface.
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pole is a term used to explain that we are spinning on an axis the so far the world has kept doing it... we will move them to east and west when it starts spinning parallel.
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Well, if we take the suggestion above and look 90 degrees east and west of the Greenwich meridian, we find, at 0 N 90 W, the Galapagos Islands, and at 0 N 90 E, a point on the seafloor Ninetyeast Ridge which is 679 miles west of Sumatra.
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Aren't you glad you asked?
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You can't see them from you live?
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