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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

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Last updated: November 10, 2017

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km	country
4118	Yemen
4485	Saudi Arabia
4945	Oman
5450	Maldives
5540	United Arab Emirates
5636	Qatar
5744	Bahrain

km	country
5746	Jordan
5747	Brazil
5766	Israel
5909	Iraq
5925	Kuwait
5955	Iran
6034	India

km	country
6099	Syria
6165	Lebanon
6185	Sri Lanka
6211	Pakistan
6321	Cyprus
6359	Greece
6464	Uruguay

TinklePork

+15

level 66

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

level 72

Nov 9, 2017

Interesting!

cpgatbyu

level 75

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

level 68

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

level 58

Nov 9, 2017

Indonesia actually looks closer than Australia.

samiamco

level 70

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

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

level 55

Nov 9, 2017

With Argentina as a near miss?

Djilas

level 72

Nov 10, 2017

Malta should be close too

ReyFer

level 57

Nov 22, 2017

Afghanistan seems much closer. Spain is also closer

kapulani3

level 69

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

level 49

Mar 12, 2018

yeah gave up on south american countries after I got Brasil.. and Argentina and Chile didnt work haha

Gamer1162

level 63

Nov 10, 2017

Uruguay's a big surprise. Never would've expected for it to appear.

JWC1202

level 62

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

level 71

Mar 12, 2018

I never would have guessed Greece is closer than Turkey.

Geogbuff

level 44

Mar 12, 2018

Probably because of Crete

negropontero

level 48

Mar 17, 2018

The Greek island of Gavdos lies to the south of Crete, comprising the southernmost point of Europe.

ReyFer

level 57

Nov 22, 2017

I tried Spain because of the Canary Islands, but they are 6900 km far

Dijko

level 44

Jan 8, 2018

UK? They own falkland islands. They are only 4,300 miles apart?

Difluzi

level 57

Feb 14, 2018

''Not counting overseas territories or departments.'' As statet in the top.

GeographyGeek42

level 53

Mar 12, 2018

I'll be the political and correct commenter again, Islas Malvinas belong to Argentina.

Osiris

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

level 69

Mar 12, 2018

Cool quiz. I couldn't visualise it at all though so did really badly!

Malbaby

level 67

Mar 12, 2018

Interesting quiz, some surprises, good idea.

ander217

level 75

Mar 12, 2018

Can't believe I got Uruguay but forgot Iran and Iraq.

Scabidabidooo

level 52

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.

GeographyGeek42

level 53

Mar 12, 2018

If greece is on this list, Malta should be too.

Honk

level 32

Mar 12, 2018

Kuwait and Uruguay caught me off guard.

markthoma

level 60

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

level 39

Mar 12, 2018

greece stuned me

martay

level 58

Mar 14, 2018

"whose territory is geographically closest" (not including actual territories)

Carry

level 59

Jul 30, 2018

So no country should be on this list then?