Alaska is much closer to Spain than to Argentina, especially if the most direct (trans-polar) distance is considered.
The average flight distance is 6,500 miles, depending on where you start from and where you go to.
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It is Spain
Iowa and the Midwest are closer to Spain than to Argentina. The SW and southern states are closer to Argentina.
In Argentina, you closer to northern than to Spain in southern.
Spain discovered and colonized Argentina Brazil discovered and colonized Brazil.
Montana and the northwest US are closer to Spain than to Argentina. Southern and southwestern states are closer to Argentina.
Spain is closer to North Carolina than is Argentina. States farther to the south and southwest are closer to Argentina.
The distance is 260 miles
Argentina was once a colony of Spain.
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