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At Point Nemo, the closest humans are often on the space station.

Why it is true

Point Nemo is the oceanic pole of inaccessibility, the location in the ocean farthest from any landmass. It is so isolated that astronauts orbiting on the International Space Station, about four hundred kilometers up, are often closer than anyone on Earth.

Source: NOAA

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