South Africa is West of Autralia.
The direction from Australia to South Africa is west. Australia is located in the eastern hemisphere, while South Africa is in the southern hemisphere. Therefore, to travel from Australia to South Africa, you would need to head west across the Indian Ocean.
South Africa is stuated to the west of Atlantic Ocean and to the east of the Pacific Ocean. No: Sorry to contradict but South Africa is East from the Atlantic & to the West of the Indian Ocean. It might best be described as both East & West of the Pacific !
South Africa is geographically East-South-Easterly from the USA.
Namibia
It was called South West Africa previously.
because its on the west coast of southern africa.....dah!!
Namibia used to be known as South West Africa. Being a neighbour of South Africa, and having shared a long history of oppression under the minority white rule of the racist apartheid South African regime, Namibia was known as South West Africa - first, because of its geographic location and secondly because the apartheid regime wanted to incorporate Namibia as the South Western Province of South Africa - making her an intergral part of South Africa. Thus, Namibia remained known as South West Africa till she attained her independence on 21st Of March 1990.
After World War I, it was put under the control of South Africa and called South-West Africa. After gaining their independence in 1990, the country was renamed Namibia.
It was called South West Africa previously.
South-West Africa ended in 1990.
South-West Africa was created in 1915.
south west africa/ namibia
The name is very clear. In the south of Africa, lies a country. There are no other countries in Africa more south than it. So its called South Africa. There is also West Africa, North Africa, East Africa and Central Africa. Those are regions, not countries. The region in the south is called Southern Africa, to avoid confusion with the country.
German South-West Africa was created in 1884.
German South-West Africa ended in 1915.
South Africa is West of Autralia.