How far can you get from everyone?

At one spot in the South Pacific, the nearest land is thousands of kilometers away.

Point Nemo distance comparisonAn azimuthal equidistant map centered on Point Nemo. A large ring marks roughly 2,688 kilometers to the nearest land, while a much smaller ring marks about 408 kilometers, the approximate altitude of the International Space Station used for this comparison.
Nearest land ≈ 2,688 kmISS altitude ≈ 408 km
At Point Nemo, the closest people can sometimes be in orbit. The nearest land is more than six times farther away than the ISS is above Earth.

What feels far away only because you haven’t compared it to something else?

How are these distances being compared?

The 2,688 km distance is measured across Earth’s surface from Point Nemo to the nearest land. The ISS figure is its approximate altitude above Earth, about 408 km in this comparison. They are different kinds of distance, but the rings are drawn to the same scale to make the size contrast visible.

Sources: NOAA National Ocean Service for Point Nemo’s coordinates and its roughly 2,688 km distance from the nearest land; NASA for the ISS orbital altitude range (about 370–460 km; this exhibit uses 408 km as an illustrative comparison value). World boundaries use the shared Hanten 1:10m countries dataset.