INSV Tarini crosses Point Nemo, the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility in South Pacific

In the ongoing voyage for global circumnavigation by two Indian Navy women officers under Navika Sagar Parikrama-II, the duo of Lt. Cdr. Roopa A., onboard sailing vessel INSV Tarini, successfully passed through Point Nemo at 12.30 a.m. IST on Thursday during the leg of sailing from Lyttelton, New Zealand, to Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. Point Nemo, located in South Pacific, is the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility — the most remote location on Earth, situated approximately 2,688 kilometres from the nearest landmass. Additionally, Point Nemo serves as a decommissioned spacecraft cemetery, where space agencies have intentionally directed defunct satellites and space stations to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere and fall into the ocean, minimising the risk to human populations, the official observed. Not many vessels have since passed through the point, the official noted adding: “Interestingly, INSV Tarini passed through the point purely on sails.” INSV Tarini left Lyttelton Port in New Zealand on its third leg early January and is the longest leg of the expedition with a distance of approximately 5,600 nautical miles.