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===North America=== [[File:North American Pole of Inaccessibility.jpg|thumb|The North-West portion of the North American Pole of Inaccessibility.]] In [[North America]], the continental pole of inaccessibility is on the [[Pine Ridge Reservation]] in southwest [[South Dakota]] about {{convert|11|km|0|abbr=on}} north of the town of [[Allen, South Dakota|Allen]], {{convert|1650|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the nearest coastline at {{Coord|43.36|N|101.97|W|name=Pole of Inaccessibility North America}}.<ref name="Garcia2007" /> The first documented visit was in 2014 by two travelers and a local resident.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.penryfamily.com/surveying/poleofinaccessibility.html | title=Pole of Inaccessibility - North America }}</ref> The pole was marked in 2021 with a marker that represents the 7 Lakota Values and the four colors of the Lakota Medicine Wheel.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Henderson |first=Kyle |title=Marking the North American Pole of Inaccessibility |url=https://loving-the-world.squarespace.com/dayword/2021/7/13/north-american-pole-of-inaccessibility |date=July 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713221659/https://loving-the-world.squarespace.com/dayword/2021/7/13/north-american-pole-of-inaccessibility |archive-date=13 July 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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