Point Nemo: The Loneliest Place on Earth 尼莫點：地球上最孤寂的地方
精英翻譯社轉自https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0058/346237/web/
Imagine a place so far away from anywhere on earth that it’s closer to space. This is Point Nemo in the South Pacific Ocean, the most remote spot on the planet.
想像一個遠離世界上任何地方以致於離太空比較近的地方。這是位於南太平洋的尼莫點，也是地球上最遙遠的地點。
The name Point Nemo comes not from the Disney movie, Finding Nemo, but from the classic novel, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, written by Jules Verne in 1870. In Latin, nemo means “no one,” making it an ideal name for what is probably the world’s loneliest spot—a place where no one ever goes.
尼莫點（Point Nemo）這個名字不是來自迪士尼電影《海底總動員》（Finding Nemo），而是來自一八七○年儒勒．凡爾納所寫的經典小說《海底兩萬浬》。在拉丁文中，nemo表示「沒有人」，因此非常適合作為可能是世界上最偏遠地點的名字——一個從來沒有人去過的地方。
Point Nemo is really just the spot that is the farthest from land. It was discovered in 1992 by an engineer named Hrvoje Lukatela. He calculated it using special computer software—he didn’t actually travel there. The point he found is located between three faraway islands which are themselves so remote that few people ever visit. Point Nemo is about 2,700 kilometers away from each. In fact, depending on the time of day, the closest people are often aboard the International Space Station, which circles the Earth at up to 416 kilometers high.
尼莫點其實只是離陸地最遠的點。它是在一九九二年由一位名叫賀維克．路卡提拉的工程師發現的。他用特殊的電腦軟體計算出來——他其實並沒有去過那裡。他發現的這個點位於三座遙遠的島中間，這三座島本身就已經遠到很少人造訪。尼莫點與這三座島分別都距離大約兩千七百公里。事實上，取決於一天中的時間，最接近這裡的人常常位在國際太空站上，太空站在高達四百一十六公里的上空繞著地球運轉。
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