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Technically west, but the quickest way would be to head south-to-southwest, crossing over into a general north-to-northeast. Basically, you shoot straight going over Antarctica, near the south pole.

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At their closest, South America and Africa are approximately 2,848 kilometers, or 1,770 miles, apart. This is the approximate distance across the Atlantic Ocean between between the eastern most part of Brazil to the western most part of Sierra Leone.

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At its closest point, the continents of Africa and South America are about 2,900 kilometers apart, and about 6,900km apart at the widest point.

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If you mean time difference, South America is 12:45 hours behind the middle of Australia.

If you mean how far away they are, then they are 9,159 miles apart from eachother.

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A long way!

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