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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] ''remotus'', from past participle of ''removēre'' to remove
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: [[separated]] by an [[interval]] or [[space]] greater than usual <an involucre remote from the flower>
*2:far removed in [[space]], [[time]], or relation : [[divergent]] <the remote past> <comments remote from the truth>
*3: out-of-the-way, [[secluded]] <a remote cabin in the hills>
*4: [[acting]], acted on, or controlled indirectly or from a distance <remote computer operation>; also : relating to the acquisition of [[information]] about a distant object (as by radar or photography) without coming into [[physical]] contact with it <remote sensing>
*5: not arising from a primary or proximate [[action]]
*6: small in [[degree]] : slight <a remote possibility> <hadn't the remotest idea of what was going on>
*7: distant in [[manner]] : aloof
==Description==
The [[degree]] of '''remoteness''' can be known as each [[continent]] has its own [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_of_inaccessibility#Continental_pole_of_inaccessibility Continental Pole of Inaccessibility], defined as the place on the continent that is farthest from any [[ocean]]. Of these continental points, the most remote is the Eurasian Pole of Inaccessibility (or "EPIA") [http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Extreme_points_of_Earth¶ms=46_17_N_86_40_E_&title=Continental+Pole+of+Inaccessibility 46°17′N 86°40′E], in north-western China near the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan Kazakhstan] border. Calculations have commonly suggested that it is 2,645 km (1,645 mi) from the nearest coastline, located in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzoosotoyn_Elisen_Desert Dzoosotoyn Elisen Desert]. The nearest settlement to the EPIA is Suluk at [http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Extreme_points_of_Earth¶ms=46_15_N_86_50_E_&title=Suluk 46°15′N 86°50′E] about 7 miles (11 km) to the east.
A recent study suggests that the historical calculation of the EPIA has failed to recognize the point where the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Ob Gulf of Ob] joins the Arctic Ocean, and proposes instead that varying [[definitions]] of coastline could result in other Eurasian Pole of Inaccessibility results: EPIA1 somewhere between 44°17′N 82°11′E and 44°29′N 82°19′E, about 2510±10 km from the nearest ocean, or EPIA2 somewhere between 45°17′N 88°08′E and 45°28′N 88°14′E, about 2514±7 km from the nearest ocean.[13] If adopted, this would place the final EPIA roughly 130 km closer to ocean than currently agreed upon.
Coincidentally, EPIA1 (or EPIA2) and the most remote of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_of_inaccessibility#Oceanic_pole_of_inaccessibility Oceanic Poles of Inaccessibility] (specifically, the point in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pacific_Ocean South Pacific Ocean] that is farthest from land) are similarly remote; EPIA1 is less than 200 km closer to the ocean than the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility is to [[land]].
Other continents' poles of inaccessibility are as follows:
*North America: [http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Extreme_points_of_Earth¶ms=43.36_N_101.97_W_&title=Pole+of+Inaccessibility+North+America 43.36°N 101.97°W], between Kyle and Allen, South Dakota;
*South America: in Brazil at [http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Extreme_points_of_Earth¶ms=14.05_S_56.85_W_&title=Continental+Pole+of+Inaccessibility+in+South+America 14.05°S 56.85°W], near Arenápolis;
*Australia: either [http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Extreme_points_of_Earth¶ms=23_2_S_132_10_E_&title=Australian+Pole+of+Inaccessibility 23°2′S 132°10′E], or 23.17°S 132.27°E.,[13] near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Springs Alice Springs];
*Africa: [http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Extreme_points_of_Earth¶ms=5.65_N_26.17_E_&title=Continental+Pole+of+Inaccessibility+of+Africa 5.65°N 26.17°E], close to the tripoint of Central African Republic, South Sudan and Democratic Republic of the Congo, also close to the town of Obo.
[[Category: Geography]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] ''remotus'', from past participle of ''removēre'' to remove
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: [[separated]] by an [[interval]] or [[space]] greater than usual <an involucre remote from the flower>
*2:far removed in [[space]], [[time]], or relation : [[divergent]] <the remote past> <comments remote from the truth>
*3: out-of-the-way, [[secluded]] <a remote cabin in the hills>
*4: [[acting]], acted on, or controlled indirectly or from a distance <remote computer operation>; also : relating to the acquisition of [[information]] about a distant object (as by radar or photography) without coming into [[physical]] contact with it <remote sensing>
*5: not arising from a primary or proximate [[action]]
*6: small in [[degree]] : slight <a remote possibility> <hadn't the remotest idea of what was going on>
*7: distant in [[manner]] : aloof
==Description==
The [[degree]] of '''remoteness''' can be known as each [[continent]] has its own [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_of_inaccessibility#Continental_pole_of_inaccessibility Continental Pole of Inaccessibility], defined as the place on the continent that is farthest from any [[ocean]]. Of these continental points, the most remote is the Eurasian Pole of Inaccessibility (or "EPIA") [http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Extreme_points_of_Earth¶ms=46_17_N_86_40_E_&title=Continental+Pole+of+Inaccessibility 46°17′N 86°40′E], in north-western China near the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan Kazakhstan] border. Calculations have commonly suggested that it is 2,645 km (1,645 mi) from the nearest coastline, located in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzoosotoyn_Elisen_Desert Dzoosotoyn Elisen Desert]. The nearest settlement to the EPIA is Suluk at [http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Extreme_points_of_Earth¶ms=46_15_N_86_50_E_&title=Suluk 46°15′N 86°50′E] about 7 miles (11 km) to the east.
A recent study suggests that the historical calculation of the EPIA has failed to recognize the point where the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Ob Gulf of Ob] joins the Arctic Ocean, and proposes instead that varying [[definitions]] of coastline could result in other Eurasian Pole of Inaccessibility results: EPIA1 somewhere between 44°17′N 82°11′E and 44°29′N 82°19′E, about 2510±10 km from the nearest ocean, or EPIA2 somewhere between 45°17′N 88°08′E and 45°28′N 88°14′E, about 2514±7 km from the nearest ocean.[13] If adopted, this would place the final EPIA roughly 130 km closer to ocean than currently agreed upon.
Coincidentally, EPIA1 (or EPIA2) and the most remote of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_of_inaccessibility#Oceanic_pole_of_inaccessibility Oceanic Poles of Inaccessibility] (specifically, the point in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pacific_Ocean South Pacific Ocean] that is farthest from land) are similarly remote; EPIA1 is less than 200 km closer to the ocean than the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility is to [[land]].
Other continents' poles of inaccessibility are as follows:
*North America: [http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Extreme_points_of_Earth¶ms=43.36_N_101.97_W_&title=Pole+of+Inaccessibility+North+America 43.36°N 101.97°W], between Kyle and Allen, South Dakota;
*South America: in Brazil at [http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Extreme_points_of_Earth¶ms=14.05_S_56.85_W_&title=Continental+Pole+of+Inaccessibility+in+South+America 14.05°S 56.85°W], near Arenápolis;
*Australia: either [http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Extreme_points_of_Earth¶ms=23_2_S_132_10_E_&title=Australian+Pole+of+Inaccessibility 23°2′S 132°10′E], or 23.17°S 132.27°E.,[13] near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Springs Alice Springs];
*Africa: [http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Extreme_points_of_Earth¶ms=5.65_N_26.17_E_&title=Continental+Pole+of+Inaccessibility+of+Africa 5.65°N 26.17°E], close to the tripoint of Central African Republic, South Sudan and Democratic Republic of the Congo, also close to the town of Obo.
[[Category: Geography]]
