The Most Remote Place on Earth Has Space Junk and a Sea Monster

Q: What do sci-fi-pioneer Jules Verne, horror-writer H.P. Lovecraft, and the Russian space programme have in common? A: Their overlapping interest in an inhospitable corner of the South Pacific, only recently identified as the remotest part of the world’s oceans—Point Nemo. Point Nemo Map: Where Is the Most Remote Place on Earth? Nowhere in the world can you find a place further from dry land than Point Nemo. This oceanic pole of inaccessibility (1) is located at 48°52.6’S 123°23.6’W. Pinpointing the “middle of the ocean” sounds like something explorers and cartographers should have worked out

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