Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image showing the international space station orbiting above the ocean. It's been called the "loneliest place on earth" — a ...

Zack Fairhurst claims to have swum more than a thousand miles to reach Point Nemo, the farthest spot from land on Earth.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Where is the true "middle of nowhere?" Philosophically speaking, it's always about two hours drive from your home town.

Point Nemo is situated in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, farther from land than any other documented spot on the planet. Its coordinates mark a location surrounded by thousands of miles of open ...

Point Nemo sits quietly in the southern Pacific, marked on maps but rarely thought about. It is not a destination in any usual sense. There are no ships passing nearby, no islands breaking the surface ...

Where is the true "middle of nowhere?" Philosophically speaking, it's always about two hours drive from your home town. Scientifically, it's Point Nemo: a place which is important due to the immensity ...