When you say "state", we have to assume you mean the 50 states in the USA.Of those, the one closest to the equator is Hawaii.If you meant out of all the nations in the world, then there's really no "closest" one,because the equator crosses 10 countries plus a few Pacific island groups.
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The US state positioned closest to Australia is Hawaii. Hawaii is in the Pacific Ocean, and the east coast of Australia is bordered by the Pacific. The flight distance from Hawaii to Australia is about 9100 km.
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The hottest state in Australia is the State of Northern Territory because it is closest to the equator. The hottest temperature that had been recorded was 118.9 degrees Fahrenheit.
Brisbane, Queensland, is the Australian state capital closest to the equator. Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory, is even closer to the equator, but N.T. is not a state.
Honolulu, the capital of Hawaii is the closest US state capital to the equator. The closest U. S. territorial capital to the equator is Hagåtña, Guam.
Western Australia is closest to Africa.
Australia because it is the closest to the equator.
Hawaii is the closest state in the united states to the equator. The equator is a longitudinal line that circles the Earth at its widest point. It is spaced at an equal distance from the North Pole and the South Pole. This allows the equator to be the dividing line between the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
Kangaroo Island is closest to South Australia.
No, the equator does not pass through Australia. It is 647 nautical miles from the northern tip of Australia to the Equator.Australia lies completely south of the equator. The significant line of latitude which passes through Australia is the Tropic of Capricorn.