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point nemo

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables
point nemo
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The location in the ocean that is farthest from land, situated in the South Pacific Ocean at roughly 48°52.6′S 123°23.6′W, equally distant from the three closest land vertices which are each roughly 2,688 km (1,670 mi) away; the oceanic pole of inaccessibility.

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Etymology

Named after the character Captain Nemo in Jules Verne's 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. The novel was a childhood favorite of Croatian survey engineer Hrvoje Lukatela, who first discovered Point Nemo in 1992.

Phrases

North Pole of inaccessibility

Frequently Paired Words

North Pole of inaccessibility

Questions

What does point nemo mean?
The location in the ocean that is farthest from land, situated in the South Pacific Ocean at roughly 48°52.6′S 123°23.6′W, equally distant from the three closest land vertices which are each roughly 2,688 km (1,670 mi) away; the oceanic pole of inaccessibility.
Where does point nemo come from?
Named after the character Captain Nemo in Jules Verne's 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. The novel was a childhood favorite of Croatian survey engineer Hrvoje Lukatela, who first discovered Point Nemo in 1992.

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