The Pacific Ocean and in tectonics, the Pacific Plate.
The Pacific
Among those choices, New Zealand is southernmost.
New Zealand has a total area of 268,021 km2
That would be Chile in South America which is about 9,700 km from New Zealand. This is excluding the Philippines which no longer has Spanish as an official language but is only about 7,700 km from New Zealand.
NEW ZEALAND.
New Zealand is about a half the area of Chile. Maybe a little more than half, though. New Zealand is about 103,483 sqare miles, and Chile is about 292,183 square miles.
The total distance from Chile to Antarctica is 4,152 miles, or 6,682 kilometres. The total distance from New Zealand to Antarctica is 3,394 miles, or 5,461 kilometres. Therefore, New Zealand is closer to Antarctica than Chile is.
The Pacific
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New Zealand and Australia, Chile and Argentina.
Chile is the nearest country directly east of New Zealand. They are 9300km (5780 miles) distant.
That parallel crosses territory in Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Australia, New Caledonia, the islands of the South Pacific, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, andBrazil.
Among those choices, New Zealand is southernmost.
Chile,Argentina,New Zealand,Australia
That depends on what "close" means to you. If your sense of 'closeness' is sufficiently sensitive, EVERY country might qualify. The country that has some territory MOST CLOSE to Antarctica but not on it, is Chile.
New Zealand, North America, and Russia.
It is called the Ring of Fire The "circum-Pacific seismic belt" is the actual name. It is also nicknamed the "Ring of Fire". The area is along the rim of the Pacific Ocean, and 81% of the world's earthquakes occur there. The area extends from Chile, in South America, north to New Zealand.