South Pole

The South Pole is the southernmost point on the Earth, as defined in any of several ways.

The Pole of Relative Inaccessibility

It is located at {{coor dm|82|06|S|54|58|E|}} on the surface of the Antarctic continent and is the most distant point from the Southern Ocean. It was reached on December 14 1958 by the 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition, lead by Yevgeny Tolstikov. At that point they established a temporary station Polyus Nedostupnosti. On the road to the Pole, at {{coor dm|78|24|S|87|32|E|}} another station, Sovetskaya, was established by the expedition, which existed between February 16 1958 and January 3 1959.

Related Topics:
Southern Ocean - December 14 - 1958 - Soviet - Yevgeny Tolstikov - February 16 - January 3 - 1959

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