The Ocean that separate's South America from Antarctica is the Southern Ocean. The Sea that separates the tip of South America from the Antarctic peninsula is called the Scotia Sea. The Drake Passage seperates South America and the Antarctic, sitting, as it does between Tierra Del Fuego and the Antarctic Shetland Islands.
cape of good hope
Bellingshausen Sea
the Drake Passage
The atlantic Ocean separates Africa from north and south America
The Strait of Magellan is the narrow body of water that separates Tierra del Fuego from the South American continent. It connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Atlantic ocean
The closest continent to Antarctica is South America -- a mere 600 miles across Drake's Passage, which is the 'wildest water' on earth.
Antarctica and South America are not connected, but are separated by about 600 miles of ocean, called Drake's Passage -- some say, the wildest water on earth.
South America is the closest continent to Antarctica.The continent closest to Antarctica is the tip of South America, about 600 miles across the Drake Passage -- sometimes called the wildest water on earth. South America (Also, Antarctica is a continent)
Water seperates the two.
The Atlantic Ocean is the main body of water.
The atlantic ocean is the main body of water.
To the east of North and South America the Atlantic Ocean separates the two continents from Europe. To the west of North And South America the Pacific Ocean separates the two continents from Asia.
The Drake Passage is about 600 miles wide, which separates these two land masses.