The angle between the magnetic meridian and the geographical meridian at a place is

Q. The angle between the magnetic meridian and the geographical meridian at a place is
Answer: Declination
Notes: Magnetic declination is the angle between compass north (the direction the north end of a compass needle points) and true north (the direction along the earth’s surface towards the geographic North Pole.

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