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Pole Of Relative InaccessibilityPole of Relative Inaccessibility is a term for the remotest point. It is a geographic construct, not an actual physical phenomenon. - In Antarctica (The South Pole of Relative Inaccessibility), it refers to the farthest point from the coast, which is located at 8550'south Latitude, 6547'east longitude.
- In the Arctic (The North Pole of Relative Inaccessibility), it refers to the point in the Arctic Ocean farthest from any shoreline, which is located at 8403' north latitude, 17451' west longitude, approximately 1100 km from the nearest coastline.
- The remotest spot in the world from any land (The off-land Pole of Relative Inaccessibility) lies in the South Pacific Ocean. Located at approx 48 south latitude, 125 west longitude, it is about 1660 miles from the nearest land. It's in the middle of an area of 8,657,000 square miles of empty ocean.
* The remotest point from any sea (The on-land Pole of Relative Inaccessibility) lies in China, approximately 200 miles from the city of Urumqi, in Xinjiang Autonomous Region.
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