November 27, 2022, 4:47 pm | Read time: 3 minutes

Point Nemo could be translated as “Nobody’s Point.” It’s known as the Pole of Inaccessibility–that spot in the Pacific Ocean further from any landmass than any other point on our planet. According to the Red Bull online portal, it’s 2,778 km to Auckland, New Zealand, 3,978 km to Itajai, Brazil, and 2,688 km to Maher Island in Antarctica. Point Nemo is only accessible by ship, and a journey there takes at least 15 days.

Point Nemo was “discovered” in 1992 by surveyor Hrvoje Lukatela using special computer software that considered the Earth’s spherical shape. And now it gets quirky: Point Nemo, named after the captain in Jules Verne’s novel “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” is so far from any inhabited point that visitors there would be closer to astronauts on the ISS than to any human on Earth.

Where Point Nemo Is Located

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So Close to Space

According to the BBC, the International Space Station orbits at about 416 kilometers above, while the nearest inhabited point from Point Nemo is over 2,700 km away. This isolation has been used by the Russian, European, and Japanese space agencies in the past to dump space debris in the area around Point Nemo. The “space cemetery” is said to be the resting place of numerous decommissioned satellites and parts of the Russian station “Mir.”

And naturally, such a remote location also fuels speculation–when oceanographers recorded a mysterious sound in 1997 that seemed to come from near Point Nemo, a sea monster was initially suspected as the cause. Scientists later discovered that breaking icebergs were responsible for the sound, which was carried underwater.

Life Almost Impossible

Point Nemo is located in the ocean current known as the South Pacific Gyre, and the rotating water there keeps other, more nutrient-rich water away–plus, the mainland is so far that the wind can hardly carry any nutrients here that would favor the development of life. Oceanographer Steven D’Hondt described the seabed under Point Nemo as the “most biologically inactive of all the world’s oceans” in a conversation with the BBC.

The only people who may have visited Point Nemo are participants in sailing regattas like the “Volvo Ocean Race,” which occasionally pass by, according to Red Bull. With a simple one-way trip taking 15 days, it might take just as long to find solid ground again. If you still want to give it a try, here are the geodata for Point Nemo: 45°52.6S, 123°23.6W.