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====Oceanic==== * The '''most distant point from land''' is the Pacific pole of inaccessibility (also called "[[Point Nemo]]", in a region known as the [[spacecraft cemetery]]), which lies in the [[South Pacific Ocean]] at {{Coord|48|52.6|S|123|23.6|W|type:landmark|name=Point Nemo}}, about {{cvt|2688|km|0}} from the nearest land (equidistant from [[Ducie Island]] in the [[Pitcairn Islands]] to the north, [[Motu Nui]] off [[Rapa Nui]] to the northeast, and Maher Island off [[Siple Island]] near [[Marie Byrd Land]], [[Antarctica]], to the south).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/nemo.html |title=Where is Point Nemo? |work=NOAA |access-date=20 February 2015}} </ref> The centre of the Pacific Ocean and the [[Water Hemisphere]] lie west to it, closer to [[Oceania]], off the coast of [[Kiribati]] at {{Coord|47.411667|N|2.620833|W|format=dms|type:landmark_region:FR_scale:10000|display=inline}} and [[New Zealand]] at {{Coord|47.411667|S|177.379167|E|format=dms|type:landmark_region:FR_scale:10000|display=inline}} respectively.
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