Editing Extremes on Earth (section)

===Other places considered the most remote===
[[Image:Bouvet Island ISS017-E-16161 no text.JPG|thumb|[[Bouvet Island]]]]
* The '''most remote island''' is [[Bouvet Island]], a small, uninhabited island in the [[South Atlantic Ocean]] that is a [[dependencies of Norway|dependency]] of [[Norway]]. It lies at coordinates {{Coord|54|26|S|3|24|E|type:landmark|name=most remote island}}. The nearest land is the uninhabited [[Queen Maud Land]], [[Antarctica]] (also claimed by Norway), over {{cvt|1600|km|mi|sigfig=1}} to the south. The nearest inhabited lands are [[Gough Island]], {{cvt|1845|km|0}} away, [[Tristan da Cunha]], {{cvt|2260|km|0}} away, and the coast of [[South Africa]], {{cvt|2580|km|0}} away.
* The title for '''most remote inhabited island or archipelago''' (the farthest away from any other permanently inhabited place) depends on how the question is interpreted. If the south Atlantic island [[Tristan da Cunha]] (population about 300) and its dependency [[Gough Island]] (with a small staffed research post), which are {{cvt|399|km|0}} from each other, are considered part of the same archipelago, or if Gough Island is not counted because it has no permanent residents, then Tristan da Cunha is the world's most remote inhabited island/archipelago: the main island, also called Tristan da Cunha, is {{cvt|2434|km|0}} from the island [[Saint Helena]], {{cvt|2816|km|0}} from [[South Africa]], and {{cvt|3360|km}} from South America. It is {{cvt|2260|km|0}} away from uninhabited [[Bouvet Island]]. However, if Gough and [[Tristan da Cunha]] are considered separately, they disqualify each other, and the most remote inhabited island is [[Easter Island]] in the South Pacific Ocean, which lies {{cvt|2075|km|mi}} from [[Pitcairn Island]] (about 50 residents in 2013), {{cvt|2606|km|0}} from [[Rikitea]] on the island of [[Mangareva]] (the nearest town with a population over 500), and {{cvt|3512|km|mi}} from the coast of [[Chile]] (the nearest continental point and the country of which Easter Island is part). The [[Kerguelen Islands]] in the southern Indian Ocean are another contender, lying {{cvt|1340|km|mi}} from the small [[Alfred Faure]] scientific station in [[Île de la Possession]], but otherwise more than {{cvt|3300|km|mi}} from the coast of [[Madagascar]] (the nearest permanently inhabited place), {{cvt|450|km|0}} northwest of the uninhabited [[Heard Island]] and [[McDonald Islands]] (both a part of [[Australia]]), and {{cvt|1440|km|mi}} from the non-permanent scientific station located in [[Île Amsterdam]].
* '''Remote cities'''
** The most remote city with a population in excess of one million from the nearest city with a population in excess of one million is [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]]. The nearest city of comparable size or greater is [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], {{cvt|2168.9|km|mi}} away.<ref>[http://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-distance-calculator.htm Draft Logic – Google Maps Distance Calculator], accessed 4 September 2011</ref>
** The most remote city with a population in excess of one million from the nearest city with a population above 100,000 is [[Perth]], Australia, located {{cvt|2138|km}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.travelmath.com/flying-distance/from/Perth,+Australia/to/Adelaide,+Australia |title=Flight Distance from Perth, Australia to Adelaide, Australia |work=travelmath.com}}</ref> away from [[Adelaide]], Australia.
** The most remote city with a population in excess of 100,000 from the nearest city with a population in excess of 100,000 is [[Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]], United States. The nearest city of comparable size or greater is [[San Francisco]], {{cvt|3850|km}} away.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cityextremes.com/isolated.php |title=The Most Isolated Cities of the World |work=cityextremes.com}}</ref>
** The most remote national capitals are [[Wellington]], New Zealand, and [[Canberra]], Australia, which are {{cvt|2326|km|0}} apart from each other and neither is closer to another capital. 
* The '''most remote airport in the world''' from another airport is [[Mataveri International Airport]] (IPC) on [[Easter Island]], which has a single runway for military and public use. It is located {{cvt|2603|km|0}} from [[Totegegie Airport]] (GMR; very few flights) in the [[Gambier Islands]], [[French Polynesia]] and {{cvt|3759|km|0}} from [[Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport|Santiago, Chile]] (SCL; a fairly large airport). In comparison, the airport at the [[Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station]] (NZSP) is not very remote at all, being located only {{cvt|1355|km|mi|0}} from [[Williams Field]] (NZWD) near [[Ross Island]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=IPC-SCL%2CIPC-GMR%2CNZWD-NZSP&DU=km |title=Great Circle Mapper |work=gcmap.com}}</ref><!--but is it the most remote airport from city/inhabited place, or if not, which one is? especially when compare to Tibet's 2nd highest airport at 2011.-->