The Gurbantünggüt Desert
is the farthest point from any coastline. Located near the border of China and Kazakstan it is 1,600 miles or 2,600 km from the nearest coastline.
This desert contains the farthest point of land from any sea. The precise coordinates are 46°16.8′N 86°40.2′E, according to some calculations. The location was described as being in the Dzoosotoyn Elisen Desert by British explorers Nicholas Crane and Richard Crane on June 27, 1986. The nearest coastline is over 2,600 kilometers (1,600 miles) away.
Point Nemo. Farthest point from land.
Point Nemo is the most remote location on Earth, meaning it is the farthest away from land.
It is located in the South Pacific Ocean, approximately 2,688 kilometers (1,670 miles) from land.
The name “Point Nemo” comes from the Latin word “nemo,” which means “no one.” It is also the name of Jules Verne’s fictional character Captain Nemo, who travels the oceans in his submarine, Nautilus, in Verne’s science-fiction adventure novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870) and The Mysterious Island (1871).
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