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by throw0101a 1101 days ago
See also perhaps "Point Nemo":

> The oceanic pole of inaccessibility, also known as Point Nemo, is located at roughly 48°52.6′S 123°23.6′W[19] and is the place in the ocean that is farthest from land. It represents the solution to the "longest swim" problem.[20] This problem poses that there is one place in an ocean on earth where, if a person fell overboard while on a ship at sea, they would be at a point that is the longest distance to any land in any direction.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_of_inaccessibility#Oceani...

* https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/nemo.html

Not even many ships go by it, as there aren't really (m)any shipping lanes in those parts. More likely to be sailing ships, especially those involved with racing (who don't go through the Panama Canal):

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAOMtCzLKWE

The closest other humans would probably be those in orbit on the ISS about 320-420 km up.

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According to NASA's "Spot the Station" map[0], it looks like the ISS will be overhead Point Nemo sometime in the next 90 minutes. (Unfortunately, the location-specific discovery page[1] does not allow for arbitrary locations to be chosen.)

[0] https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/tracking_map.cfm

[1] https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/home.cfm