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African Pole of Inaccessibility

African Pole of Inaccessibility

The African Pole of Inaccessibility is one of the original The Seven Poles, and is situated in The Central African Republic. For all the other Poles we have taken the work of Daniel Garcia-Castellanos et al to be the definitive.  They calculated the African PIA to be at The African Pole of Inaccessibility lies in the south east of Central African Republic (CAR) near to the town of Obo and in the proximity of the country’s borders with South Sudan…

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Southern Pole of Inaccessibility

Southern Pole of Inaccessibility

The Southern Pole of Inaccessibility, in Antarctica, is one of the orignal Seven 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…

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