Science
This is Point Nemo, the most remote spot on Earth where NASA plans to dump the Space Station
The Pole of Inaccessibility in the Pacific Ocean is 1,677 miles from land, and has become a spaceship graveyard. This is Point Nemo.
Planet Earth is full of dream-like places, those that are always worth discovering as is the case of Rjukan, the town where sunlight does not reach, the Svalbard Seed Vault, and the incredible Indonesian volcano that spits out blue lava, among others. Some of these places stand out for their beauty, for how strange they are, and even for how isolated they can be, as is the case of the Pacific Inaccessibility Point.
This place is also called Point Nemo and is the farthest point in the ocean from any land. Without going any further, the closest option to set foot on the ground from Point Nemo is located on Ducie Island (Pitcairn Islands), although to do so it would be necessary to navigate nothing more and nothing less than 1,677 miles (or 2,688 kilometers).
It is in the south of the Pacific Ocean, with a depth of the sea in the area is approximately 3,700 meters (The deepest place on Earth is the Mariana Trench at 11,000 meters). It is considered an uninhabitable area, so it is the only area on the planet that is used as a spaceship cemetery.
The International Space Station has an expiration date
When a ship or station reaches the limit of its useful life and is no longer useful, it is abandoned in this place, since it meets the necessary conditions so that it is safe and does not contaminate any nearby area, because there is nothing around it, basically. It is estimated that there are between 250 and 300 abandoned ships in this place. In fact, it will be the destination of the International Space Station, since NASA plans to cease its activity in 2030.
Curiously, did you know that Lovecraft located his fictional city, R’Lyeh near Point Nemo?