Is Apparation limited at all by distance?
It seems to me that in the books no one Apparates further than length (or width) of the United Kingdom. Are there any instances where they travel further than that? If you knew the place could you Apparate to the other side of the planet, or to the moon?
Answer
Rowling discussed this on Twitter:
Loved the movie. Burning Q from my wife though: How come Newt travels by boat to cross the Atlantic instead of apparating?
J.K. Rowling: There's a limit to how far you can Apparate. Inter-continental Apparition is very dangerous!
they might splinch, right? O_O
J.K. Rowling: correct
She later put this into the FAQ of her new website:
Why couldn’t Newt just Apparate to the USA? Why did he go by boat?
Apparition becomes increasingly risky over long distances. As with most magic, much depends on the skill of the spell-caster: Apparition requires knowledge of the terrain to which one is moving, or the ability to visualise it clearly. Cross-continental Apparition would almost certainly result in severe injury or death.
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