{"id":29749,"date":"2025-01-31T04:28:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T22:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=29749"},"modified":"2025-04-09T10:33:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T05:03:34","slug":"point-nemo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/point-nemo\/","title":{"rendered":"Point Nemo"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Point Nemo Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Two young women officers of the Indian Navy onboard the sailing vessel INSV Tarini recently crossed Point Nemo in the southern Pacific as a part of their efforts to circumnavigate the globe under Navika Sagar Parikrama-II.<\/p>\n<h2>About Point Nemo<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Point Nemo, also known as the <strong>Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility,<\/strong> holds the distinction of being the <strong>farthest point from any landmass on Earth.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This remote point lies in the <strong>South Pacific Ocean <\/strong>and is named after Captain Nemo, the sailor from Jules Verne\u2019s famous novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.<\/li>\n<li>Situated approximately <strong>2,688 km from the nearest landmass, <\/strong>this isolated point is famous for its extreme remoteness, with the <strong>closest human presence<\/strong> often being <strong>aboard the International Space Station <\/strong>orbiting above.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>nearest land <\/strong>in each direction is:\n<ul>\n<li>To the north lies <strong>Ducie Island,<\/strong> part of the <strong>Pitcairn Islands (British Overseas Territory).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>To the northeast is <strong>Motu Nui<\/strong>, one of the <strong>Easter Islands (Chilean <\/strong>dependency).<\/li>\n<li>To the south is <strong>Maher Island, part of Antarctica.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Due to its isolation, the waters around Point Nemo have <strong>very little marine life,<\/strong> and the region <strong>falls within the South Pacific Gyre<\/strong>, known for having some of the clearest and least biologically active ocean waters.<\/li>\n<li>Due to its remoteness and relative lack of marine traffic, Point Nemo has <strong>become a popular location for space agencies to dispose of space junk.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Point Nemo FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. What is the most secluded place on Earth?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. At more than 1,000 miles from civilization in all directions, Point Nemo is The Most Remote Location On Planet Earth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What is the most peaceful place on Earth?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Iceland remains the most peaceful country in the world in 2021, a position it has held since 2008.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. Which country is most visited in 2024?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>: France retains its title as the most popular tourist destination in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/india\/2-indian-navy-women-officers-cross-pacifics-point-nemo-earths-remotest-location-in-sailboat-3380843\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Point Nemo, also known as the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility, holds the distinction of being the farthest point from any landmass on Earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":29750,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-29749","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}