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Point Nemo is the farthest oceanic point from any land mass
The closest islands sit nearly two thousand seven hundred kilometres away
Located in the South Pacific Ocean, Point Nemo is the oceanic pole of inaccessibility. The nearest landmasses are uninhabited islands roughly 2,688 kilometres away in every direction. Space agencies often target this isolated region to safely deorbit decommissioned satellites and space stations.
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- The closest islands sit nearly two thousand seven hundred kilometres away. The figure is taken from NOAA, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
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