Can you imagine a place in this world, which is even further away from people than the nearest astronauts in space? Wellcome to Point Nemo, the loneliest place on earth. It is famous for being “oceanic pole of inaccessibility” and here lies the most isolated place on earth – the South Pacific. It is 2688 kilometres from the nearest land mass (1,450 nautical miles) and therefore further away than the International Space Station, which orbits 408 kilometres above the globe.

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Named after Captain Nemo from Jules Verne’s “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea”, this is the most isolated place on Earth. There is no sign of humanity: all around is an endless expanse of water, as there are no islands, harbours or settlements nearby. This marine environment surrounding Point Nemo harbours unique species of microbial life that have adapted to the extreme isolation and nutrient-poor water.

Point Nemo utilises this remoteness as a “spaceship graveyard” where crashed, decommissioned satellites and space debris are deliberately dumped. This idea of Point Nemo is a real notion of absolute isolation and mirrors the vast uninhabited expanse of planet Earth beneath the sea.

Would you ever want to visit such a place of total isolation, or is the thought of being so far away from civilisation scary? Let me know your thoughts in the comments.

Written Efsa Ç

Sources

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/11/point-nemo-most-remote-place/679947/