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'''Point Nemo''', or the '''oceanic pole of inaccessibility''', is the point in the ocean farthest from any land. It is named after Captain Nemo in ''Twenty-thousand Leagues Under the Sea'' and ''The Mysterious Island'', who is in turn named after the Latin word translated as 'no-one' -- the word used in some translations of the Odyssey for the pseudonym Odysseus adopted when speaking to the Cyclops. | '''Point Nemo''', or the '''oceanic pole of inaccessibility''', is the point in the ocean farthest from any land. It is named after Captain Nemo in ''Twenty-thousand Leagues Under the Sea'' and ''The Mysterious Island'', who is in turn named after the Latin word translated as 'no-one' -- the word used in some translations of the Odyssey for the pseudonym Odysseus adopted when speaking to the Cyclops. | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:25, 15 January 2022
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Point Nemo, or the oceanic pole of inaccessibility, is the point in the ocean farthest from any land. It is named after Captain Nemo in Twenty-thousand Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island, who is in turn named after the Latin word translated as 'no-one' -- the word used in some translations of the Odyssey for the pseudonym Odysseus adopted when speaking to the Cyclops.
