South Georgia is closer.
That would be the Falkland Islands.
The Antarctic Peninsula is the closest group of islands to the South Pole. These islands include the South Shetland Islands, South Orkney Islands, and the South Sandwich Islands.
The Hawaiian islands are north of the equator and the Solomon Islands are in within the southern tropic, which means that the Falkland Islands are furthest south. The Falkland Islands.
You may be thinking of the Sub-Antarctic Islands, some north and some south of 60 degrees S. (All land and ice south of 60 degrees S is governed by the Antarctic Treaty.) There are literally several hundred individual islands including the Crozier Island Group and the Auckland Islands south of 60 degrees, and the South Georgia Islands and the South Sandwich Islands north of it.
Africa is a big place. Different points in Africa are different distances from the south pole. The most southern point in Africa in in South Africa, and is the closest to the south pole. That's about 3,815 miles.
The Transantarctic Mountains are the mountains closest to the south pole.
Greenland is closest to the North Pole.
If you are asking which is the closest continent to the Geographical South Pole then it is Antarctica.If you are asking which is the closest continent to what is wrongly called the South Pole as a region then it is South America.The continent that is closest to the South Pole is..... AntarcticaAntarctica, where the South Pole exists, then South America, Australia and New Zealand.
The closest land to Antarctica -- where you'll find the South Pole -- is the tip of South America, Argentina and Chile. Ushuaia, Argentina may be the 'inhabited place' closest to the South Pole It is 2,440 miles north of the South Pole.
The South Pole is located on and therefore closest to the continent of Antarctica.The South pole is to be found near the middle of the Antarctic continent.
Australia is closer (South America is closest of all). Also, note that Australia is not a continent. This means the closest continent to the South Pole is South America.
The South Pole is located on and therefore closest to the continent of Antarctica.The South pole is to be found near the middle of the Antarctic continent.