Point Nemo, also known as the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility, is the farthest point from land in the ocean, named after the captain from Jules Verne's novel.
British explorer Chris Brown led the first expedition to Point Nemo, marking the event by swimming there and displaying maritime flags spelling ‘Nemo’.
The location is about 2,688 kilometres from the nearest land, making it the most remote place on Earth.
Discovered in 1992 by Croatian-Canadian survey engineer Hrvoje Lukatela, who named it using a geospatial program called Hipparchus.
The area around Point Nemo covers over 22 million square kilometres, larger than the former Soviet Union, emphasizing its vast isolation.
The coordinates for Point Nemo are 48°52.6′S latitude and 123°23.6′W longitude, situated in the South Pacific Ocean.
Despite its size, roughly 34 times that of France, the marine life in Point Nemo is scarce due to low nutrient levels and weak ocean currents.
Point Nemo serves as a spacecraft cemetery where agencies de-orbit decommissioned spacecraft to avoid land damage from re-entry debris.
Over time, it has accumulated space debris, as space agencies use its remoteness for safe decommissioning of spacecraft.
Interestingly, the closest humans to Point Nemo are often the astronauts aboard the International Space Station, which orbits about 400 kilometres above.