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The farthest point
1451 NM (conversion fator is 0.868976242 statute mile to 1 Nautical
Mile) wrote: In nautical miles that would be? Mark wrote: 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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