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Point Nemo is the ocean location farthest from any landmass.

Why it is true

Located in the South Pacific, it is so isolated that the closest people to it at any given time are often the astronauts aboard the International Space Station, which orbits at about four hundred kilometres in altitude.

Source: Space Navigation

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