Located in the heart of the Pacific Ocean, Point Nemo is the farthest point from any land. The nearest humans are often the astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS), who pass overhead just 400 km away, while the closest land is over 2,680 km away.
In the vast blue of the South Pacific, there is a coordinate known as Point Nemo (Latin for "no one"). It is the "Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility," the hardest place to reach on Earth.
The isolation of Point Nemo is so extreme that if you were floating there, the closest people to you wouldn't be on land. They would be the astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS).
Because it is so far from humans, space agencies use Point Nemo as a "space cemetery." When old satellites reach the end of their lives, they are crashed here to avoid hitting anyone. Over 260 spacecraft, including the Russian Mir station, rest beneath these waves.
Point Nemo is a watery void where the silence is only broken by falling space junk and the silent pass of astronauts far above.
