Southern Pole of Inaccessibility – Antarctica
The Southern Pole of Inaccessibility, in Antarctica, is one of the orignal Eight Poles. The precise location of the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility is even more difficult to determine than most PIAs. Apart from the usual topographical errors and accuracy of survey data, it is very difficult to determine the exact location of the ‘coastline’. Movement of ice sheets, calving of ice shelves, snowfall, freezing and melting make accurate determination all but impossible. For all the other Poles we have…