4000 miles
North America is closer to Africa than South America. The distance between the two continents is shorter at the narrowest point of the Atlantic Ocean between Morocco in Africa and Florida in North America.
South America
Africa
Yes, South America is closer to Africa than North America. The distance between the eastern coast of South America and the western coast of Africa is approximately 2,000 kilometers (about 1,200 miles) across the Atlantic Ocean. In contrast, the shortest distance from North America to Africa is much greater, as it involves crossing a larger expanse of ocean. This geographical proximity is a result of the way the tectonic plates are positioned and the Atlantic Ocean's width.
The Bering Strait is not between Asia and Africa. It is between Asia and America. The distance between Asia and America at the narrowest point of the Bering Strait is 51 miles (82 kilometers, 44 mmi).
what went to from Africa to North America
The distance between North America and South America 5,231 miles. In terms of flight time, it would be approximately 10 hours and 25 minutes.
The Atlantic
That is the Atlantic.
Between the continents of North and South America to its west and Europe and Africa to its east.
Based on Google Earth armchair exploration, and if Greenland is considered part of North America and Iceland part of Europe, the shortest distance between North America and Europe is 733 miles.
North America is northernmost extending well into the Arctic Ocean. Africa resides almost entirely between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn.