Extreme Points of The Americas - Other Point

Other Point

  • The continental pole of inaccessibility of the Americas is located at 43°22′N 101°58′W / 43.36667°N 101.96667°W / 43.36667; -101.96667 (North American pole of inaccessibility), about eleven miles southeast of the town of Kyle on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Bennett County, South Dakota, United States, 1650 km (1025 miles) from the nearest coastlines.

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