Acceleration due to gravity near the polar region is greater than at the equatorial region:

The shape of the earth is not perfectly spherical. The polar radius is less than that of the equatorial radius of the earth because the earth is flattened at the poles.

The acceleration due to gravity at the surface of the earth is \( g=\frac{GM}{R^2} \).

This means that \( g\ \infty\left(\frac{1}{R^2}\right) \). Where \( G \) is the gravitational constant, \( M \) is the mass of the earth, \( R \) is the radius of the earth.

Noe, the polar radius \( R_p \) < equatorial radius \( R_e \). So the value of \( g \) is greater at the polar region than that of th equatorial region.