Editing Pole of inaccessibility (section)

{{Short description|Geographic location}}
{{For|the Antarctic research station|Pole of Inaccessibility research station}}
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[[File:Distancia a la costa.png|thumb|upright=1.8|Map of distance to the nearest coastline<ref name="Garcia2007" /> (including oceanic islands, but not lakes) with red spots marking the poles of inaccessibility of main [[landmass]]es, [[Great Britain]], and the [[Iberian Peninsula]], and a blue dot marking the oceanic pole of inaccessibility. Thin [[isolines]] are {{convert|250|km|abbr=on}} apart; thick lines {{convert|1000|km|abbr=on}}. [[Mollweide projection]].]]
In [[geography]], a '''pole of inaccessibility''' is the farthest (or most difficult to reach) location in a given landmass, sea, or other topographical feature, starting from a given boundary, relative to a given criterion. A geographical criterion of inaccessibility marks a location that is the most challenging to reach according to that criterion. Often it refers to the most distant point from the [[coastline]], implying the farthest point into a [[landmass]] from the shore, or the farthest point into a [[body of water]] from the shore. In these cases, a pole of inaccessibility is the center of a maximally large circle that can be drawn within an area of interest only touching but not crossing a coastline. Where a coast is imprecisely defined, the pole will be similarly imprecise.