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.
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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.
The Falkland Island group is the closest to the South Pole. They are located near the southern tip of South America in the south Atlantic Ocean.
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 Amundsen-Scott South Pole Research Station, supported by the United States of America, is located at the South Pole.
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 South Pole is located in Antarctica and therefore is on a continent. The ground is permanently frozen there with over a mile of ice above the land mass. The North Pole is conversely NOT on a continent, it actually is not even located on land. The geographic North Pole is located in the Arctic Ocean and seasonally frozen over.
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.
Poorly worded question! The southern tip of Africa is the closest to the South Pole, located at Cape Aguhlus