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Countries Closest to South Africa with Exceptions

Name the non-African countries whose territory is geographically closest to South Africa.
  • Not counting overseas territories or departments
  • Not including the uninhabited South African possessions in the Prince Edward Islands
  • Quiz by Quizmaster - Nov 10, 2017
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km
country
4118
4485
4945
5450
5540
5636
5744
km
country
5746
5747
5766
5909
5925
5955
6034
km
country
6099
6165
6185
6211
6321
6359
6464
Answer Stats
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country
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TinklePork
+12
level 67
Nov 9, 2017
Excellent quiz. Surprisingly easy though. Lots of freebies once you realize most of the middle east is easily within the range
Djilas
+3
level 70
Nov 9, 2017
Interesting!
cpgatbyu
+2
level 73
Nov 9, 2017
Using Google Earth's ruler tool, I get a much longer distance to Australia (about 7600 km). Is there something tricky I'm overlooking?
GrandMo
+2
level 67
Nov 9, 2017
You're right. And my "Countries Distance Matrix" concurs. Seems like next up is surprisingly- Uruguay, at 6465 km, narrowly beating out Turkey. Though that should probably be confirmed by whatever source Quizmaster is using.
smartguy2
+1
level 53
Nov 9, 2017
Indonesia actually looks closer than Australia.
samiamco
+1
level 68
Nov 10, 2017
Maps are not at all useful for calculating – or even making wild guesstimates of – distances (even though in this case, it was the right guess!).
Quizmaster
+3
level ∞
Nov 9, 2017
I finally got around to writing a computer program to calculate distances. I dug a little deeper and it seems that Australia is 6397 km from Marion Island, an uninhabited island controlled by South Africa. I think I'll remove that answer and add a caveat.
cshtthomas
+2
level 53
Nov 9, 2017
With Argentina as a near miss?
Djilas
+2
level 70
Nov 10, 2017
Malta should be close too
ReyFer
+2
level 56
Nov 22, 2017
Afghanistan seems much closer. Spain is also closer
kapulani3
+2
level 68
Nov 10, 2017
All but Uruguay. I tried Argentina and Chile -- figured if those were no then Uruguay wouldn't work. I should know better by now than to not at least try what I think is unlikely.
PacoGee
+2
level 49
Mar 12, 2018
yeah gave up on south american countries after I got Brasil.. and Argentina and Chile didnt work haha
Gamer1162
+1
level 64
Nov 10, 2017
Uruguay's a big surprise. Never would've expected for it to appear.
JWC1202
+2
level 59
Nov 19, 2017
Even though I guessed Cyprus early on, I didn't get Greece until the last 5 seconds...I kept getting hung upon Turkey..
MrMagoo
+1
level 67
Mar 12, 2018
I never would have guessed Greece is closer than Turkey.
Geogbuff
+1
level 43
Mar 12, 2018
Probably because of Crete
negropontero
+1
level 40
Mar 17, 2018
The Greek island of Gavdos lies to the south of Crete, comprising the southernmost point of Europe.
ReyFer
+1
level 56
Nov 22, 2017
I tried Spain because of the Canary Islands, but they are 6900 km far
Dijko
+1
level 43
Jan 8, 2018
UK? They own falkland islands. They are only 4,300 miles apart?
Difluzi
+1
level 54
Feb 14, 2018
''Not counting overseas territories or departments.'' As statet in the top.
GeographyGeek42
+1
level 39
Mar 12, 2018
I'll be the political and correct commenter again, Islas Malvinas belong to Argentina.
Osiris
+1
level 65
Mar 18, 2018
The Falkland Islands belong to Argentina as much as Taiwan belongs to mainland China. Argentina's land claim is untenable. The Falkland Islanders are British citizens.
tigersue
+1
level 68
Mar 12, 2018
Cool quiz. I couldn't visualise it at all though so did really badly!
Malbaby
+1
level 65
Mar 12, 2018
Interesting quiz, some surprises, good idea.
ander217
+1
level 73
Mar 12, 2018
Can't believe I got Uruguay but forgot Iran and Iraq.
Hellothisisme
+1
level 43
Mar 12, 2018
Forgot Greece while I got Turkey and Cyprus, good one. And I knew I forgot one country in the Saudi Arabia area, forgot about Kuwait.
konos
+1
level 43
Mar 12, 2018
How did you get Turkey? It's not in the list.
GeographyGeek42
+1
level 39
Mar 12, 2018
If greece is on this list, Malta should be too.
Honk
+1
level 31
Mar 12, 2018
Kuwait and Uruguay caught me off guard.
markthoma
+1
level 57
Mar 12, 2018
I got Uruguay after trying a bunch of other countries, since I figured if Brazil was so in range there had to be something else. But Kuwait was the last one I remembered.
sbpartrich
+1
level 32
Mar 12, 2018
greece stuned me
martay
+1
level 43
Mar 14, 2018
"whose territory is geographically closest" (not including actual territories)
Luciano
+1
level 41
Mar 24, 2018
Got all of them on the 2nd attempt. Was betrayed by Greece on the first run
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