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===South America=== In [[South America]], the continental pole of inaccessibility is in Brazil at {{Coord|14.05|S|56.85|W|name=Continental Pole of Inaccessibility in South America}}, near [[Arenápolis]], [[Mato Grosso]],<ref name="Garcia2007" /> {{convert|1504|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the nearest coastline. In 2017, [[the Turner Twins]] went from coastal Chile to the South American Pole of Inaccessibility, becoming the first adventurers to go from the nearest coastline to the pole by foot.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.countrylife.co.uk/out-and-about/interview-the-turner-twins-167649 |first=Rosie |last=Paterson |title=The Turner Twins on trekking to the Green Pole, avoiding disaster and 'fields of plastic stretching for miles' |work=[[Country Life (magazine)|Country Life]] |date=30 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110234250/http://www.countrylife.co.uk/out-and-about/interview-the-turner-twins-167649 |archive-date=10 January 2018}}</ref> In 2019, it was discovered that there is a second South American pole of inaccessibility to the north, its position varying greatly between the two coastline datasets used.<ref name="Barnes2019"/>
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