Africa is directly east of the United States across the Atlantic Ocean. To get to Africa from the Pacific Ocean, you'd enter the Pacific Ocean from the western United States, then have to get through Asia before you ever hit Africa.
Look up AFRICA on Google Maps and you'll clearly see the difference.
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Atlantic
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It is closer crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
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The Pacific Ocean is much wider.
The Pacific ocean is much wider.
The Pacific Ocean is much wider.
Africa is not bordered by the Pacific Ocean, only the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
Africa is not bordered by the Pacific Ocean, only the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
That would be the Atlantic Ocean. Pacific is on the other side, by California. Pacific