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What is the greatest continental pole of inaccessibility?

Question #150589. Asked by BigTriviaDawg.
Last updated Feb 05 2024.
Originally posted Feb 05 2024 9:19 PM.

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For each of Earth's major land masses, the Poles of Inaccessibility refer to the points that are furthest from the ocean. The Eurasian Pole of Inaccessibility is the greatest of the following.
The Seven Poles of Inaccessibility refer to the five largest land masses on Planet Earth (continental poles), plus the two frozen poles, Northern and Southern:
* North America
* South America
* Africa
* Eurasia
* Australia
* Northern (Arctic)
* Southern (Antarctic)
link https://inaccessibility.net/the-seven-poles/
The Eurasian pole of inaccessibility (EPIA) is located in northwestern China, near the Kazakhstan border. It is also the furthest possible point on land from the ocean, given that Eurasia (or even merely Asia alone) is the largest continent on Earth.

Earlier calculations suggested that it is 2,645 km (1,644 mi) from the nearest coastline, located at 46°17 N 86°40 E, approximately 320 km (200 mi) north of the city of Ürümqi, in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China, in the Gurbantünggüt Desert.

However, the previous pole location disregards the Gulf of Ob as part of the oceans, and a 2007 study proposes two other locations as the ones farther from any ocean (within the uncertainty of coastline definition): EPIA1 and EPIA2 , located respectively at 2,510±10 km (1,560±6 mi) and 2,514±7 km (1,562±4 mi) from the oceans.
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_of_inaccessibility

Response last updated by psnz on Feb 05 2024.
Feb 05 2024, 9:24 PM
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