The term 'Point Nemo', recently seen in the news, refers to:

The correct answer is option 2.

In News

• INSV Tarini recently sailed past Point Nemo during its global circumnavigation as part of the Navika Sagar Parikrama-II expedition. The location, known as the most isolated spot in the ocean, is significant for both maritime navigation and space research.

Key Points

• Point Nemo is the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility, meaning it is the farthest point in the ocean from any landmass.
  • Hence, option 2 is correct.
• It lies in the South Pacific Ocean, approximately 2,688 km away from the nearest land.
• Due to its extreme remoteness, it is used as a spacecraft cemetery, where space agencies like NASA and Roscosmos direct decommissioned satellites and space stations to crash.
• The region surrounding Point Nemo is one of the least biologically active areas in the ocean due to low nutrient availability and isolation from major currents.
• Named after Captain Nemo, the fictional submarine commander from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne.
• The nearest humans to Point Nemo are often astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS), as they orbit closer to Earth than any inhabited land near Point Nemo.