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 centuries ago. Turns out it couldn’t be done before modern computing and GPS technology. In 1992, Croatian-Canadian survey engineer Hrvoje Lukatela wrote a geospatial programme called Hipparchus, and “found Nemo.” He named the place not after the cinematic clownfish—Finding Nemo hit the silver screens only in 2003—but after the original Nemo, the eponymous submarine captain from Jules Verne’s novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Frequently Asked Questions About Point Nemo What is Point Nemo? Point Nemo is a point in the South Pacific Ocean that is the furthest one could possibly get …