- The is the Geographic North Pole , in the Arctic Ocean .
- The is Kaffeklubben Island , north of Greenland (), which lies slightly north of Cape Morris Jesup , Greenland (). Various shifting Gravel Bar s lie further north, the most famous being Oodaaq . It is possible that Schmitt's Island , which lies just north of Kaffeklubben, is a permanent island. The term '' Ultima Thule '' was given by medieval cartographers for the northernmost point of land.
- The and the '''southernmost point on land''' is the Geographic South Pole , which is on the Continent of Antarctica .
- The , based on the normal practice of using longitude, can be found anywhere along the 180th meridian in Siberian Russia (including Wrangel Island ), Antarctica, or the three islands of Fiji through which the 180th meridian passes ( Vanua Levu's eastern peninsula, the middle of Taveuni , and the western part of Rabi.)
- The , according to the path of the International Date Line , would be Attu Island , Alaska .
- The , according to the path of the International Date Line , would be Caroline Island , Kiribati .1
1A 1995 realignment of the International Date Line ( {Link without Title} ) moved all of Kiribati to the Asian side of the Date Line, causing Caroline Island to be the easternmost. However, if the original Date Line were followed, the easternmost point would be Tafahi Niuatoputapu, in the Tonga Islands chain.
- Aucanquilcha , Chile , , mining road to summit of volcano, once usable by 20-ton mining trucks1 (includes description and photos of Aucanquilcha summit road and mine) The road is no longer usable.
- Possibly Semo La , Tibet , , or Marsimik La , Indian Himalaya , depending on definition of "attainable by transportation". There may be higher motorable passes in Tibet , in areas affected by lack of information and restricted access. See Khardung La , 5,359 m for more information.
- Tanggula Mountain Pass , in the Tanggula Mountains , Tibet ,
- Qamdo Bangda Airport , Tibet , 2
- Lake Titicaca (the highest ''navigable'' lake), on the border of Peru and Bolivia in the Andes ,
- The , the point on land farthest from any ocean, is located approximately 320 km (200 mi) from the city of Urumqi , in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China , at (in the Dzoosotoyn Elisen Desert ). This position is at a distance of approximately 2648 km (1645 mi) from the nearest coastline.
- The (also called ''Point Nemo''), the point in the ocean farthest from any land, lies in the South Pacific Ocean at , which is approximately 2688 km (1670 mi) from the nearest land (equidistant from Ducie Island in the Pitcairn Islands to the north, Maher Island off Siple Island near Marie Byrd Land , Antarctica to the south and Motu Nui off Rapa Nui in the north east). It is in the middle of an area of 22,405,411 km&2 (8,650,778 sq mi) of ocean, larger than the entire former Soviet Union .
- The is Bouvet Island , an uninhabited and small Norwegian island in the South Atlantic Ocean . It lies at coordinates . The nearest land is the uninhabited Queen Maud Land , Antarctica , over 1600 km away to the south. The nearest inhabited land are Tristan Da Cunha , 2260 km away and South Africa , 2580 km away.
- The is the British Tristan Da Cunha Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean , 2816 km (1750 miles) from South Africa and 3360 km (2088 miles) from South America. This is also the most remote inhabited archipelago.
- The is either Honolulu, Hawaii or Perth in western Australia , depending upon one's definition of "remote" and "major." There are no settlements within 3800 km of Honolulu or within 2200 km of Perth larger than the 30,000 to 50,000 population range ( Hilo, Hawaii and Geraldton and Kalgoorlie , Australia).
- The is Mataveri International Airport (IPC) in Easter Island , which has a single runway for military and public use. It is located from Santiago, Chile (SCL) which has scheduled flights to it, and from Mangareva (GMR) in the Gambier Islands , which does not have scheduled flights to it.7 In comparison to this, the airport at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station (NZSP) is not very remote at all, being located only from Williams Field (NZWD) near Ross Island . Great Circle Mapper
Since the Earth is a near- Sphere , its centre (the core) is thousands of kilometres beneath its Crust . However, one could perhaps consider the intersection of the Equator and Prime Meridian , located at the coordinates of zero degrees by zero, to be the "centre" of the standard geographic model (as viewed on a map), though the selection of longitude meridians are largely culturally and historically dependent, rather than based on geological or geographic reasons. This point, (0°, 0°) is located in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 614 km south of Accra , Ghana , in the Gulf Of Guinea .
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