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Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility

9 points| lippihom | 2 months ago |en.wikipedia.org

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lippihom|2 months ago

"The wider area is also known as a 'spacecraft cemetery', because hundreds of decommissioned satellites, space stations, and other spacecraft have been made to fall there upon re-entering the atmosphere, to lessen the risk of hitting inhabited locations or maritime traffic."