Point Nemo: Earth’s Most Remote Location (And Why We Crash Spacecraft There) | Smartest Year Ever (May 31, 2025)

What’s the most isolated place on Earth? Somewhere so far from land, the closest humans… are in space?

In today’s episode of Smartest Year Ever, Gordy dives into Point Nemo — a remote patch of the Pacific Ocean with no islands, no people, and almost no marine life. But here’s the twist: this watery void has become the final resting place for over a hundred decommissioned spacecraft. There’s a reason it’s earned the nickname "spacecraft graveyard."

Why is this particular spot used? What else has happened near Point Nemo that left scientists scratching their heads? And what’s the connection to a giant mysterious underwater sound that sparked wild theories?

This episode explores the science, the history, and the strange lore behind a spot so far from civilization, it might as well be another planet.

Sources:

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (n.d.). Oceanic pole of inaccessibility: Point Nemo. Retrieved from https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/
  

• NASA. (n.d.). Spacecraft Cemetery in the South Pacific. Retrieved from https://www.nasa.gov/
  

• Verne, J. (1870). 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
  

• Scientific American. (2018). The Bloop Revisited. Retrieved from https://www.scientificamerican.com/
  

• Wired. (2019). Point Nemo: The Most Remote Place on Earth. Retrieved from https://www.wired.com/
  

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