The farthest point
The Pacific pole of inaccessibility (also called Point Nemo), the point
in the ocean farthest from any land, lies in the South Pacific Ocean at
48°52.6'S 123°23.6'W, which is approximately 2688 km (1670 mi)
from the nearest land (equidistant from Ducie Island in the Pitcairn
Islands to the north, Maher Island off Siple Island near Marie Byrd
Land, Antarctica to the south and Motu Nui off Rapa Nui in the north
east). It is in the middle of an area of 22,405,411 kmē (8,650,778 sq
mi) of ocean, larger than the entire former Soviet Union.
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