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Sometimes called “the oceanic pole of inaccessibility,” Point Nemo is as far from land as it’s possible to be on Earth. If you happened to find yourself on a boat at this remote location, it’s likely ...

Point Nemo is the name given to the oceanic pole of inaccessibility, the point in the ocean that is farthest from any landmass. Located in the South Pacific Ocean, Point Nemo lies roughly 2,688 ...

Being out in the wilderness has a new, more intense meaning in Point Nemo in the South Pacific Ocean. Point Nemo is a place so remote that no human has ever been there, only the defunct spacecrafts ...

In a carefully orchestrated plan, NASA intends to deorbit the International Space Station (ISS), a spacecraft the size of a football field, into the South Pacific Ocean at Point Nemo in 2031. This ...

The world is a big place. So big that there are many obscure locations most of us will never hear of, much less visit. As a matter of fact, scientists have mapped out the most inaccessible areas to ...

Point Nemo, the most isolated spot on Earth, is gaining attention. Located in the South Pacific, it is the farthest point from any land. Astronauts in space are often closer than people on Earth. This ...

It’s called the “longest-swim problem”: If you had to drop someone at the place in the ocean farthest from any speck of land—the remotest spot on Earth—where would that place be? The answer, proposed ...