Point Nemo is the oceanic point farthest from any land, known as the oceanic pole of inaccessibility.
Point Nemo lies in the South Pacific Ocean at approximately 48°52.6′S, 123°23.6′W. It is about 2,688 kilometres from the nearest land in three different directions: Ducie Island, Motu Nui near Easter Island and Maher Island off Antarctica.
The point was calculated in 1992 by Croatian-Canadian engineer Hrvoje Lukatela using a computer model of Earth’s coastlines. It is not an island or a physical marker; it is a geographic coordinate in open ocean.
The name refers to Captain Nemo, the fictional submarine commander in Jules Verne’s novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Because the area is extremely remote, astronauts aboard the International Space Station can sometimes be closer to Point Nemo than people on land. The surrounding waters are also associated with the planned disposal zone for spacecraft and space hardware.