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A
Abbreviations
B
International
Organizations and Groups
C
Selected International
Environmental Agreements
D
Cross-Reference List of Country Data Codes
E
Cross-Reference List of Hydrographic Data Codes
F
Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names
G
Weights and Measures

Name Entry in The World Factbook Latitude
(deg min)
Longitude
(deg min)

Abidjan (capital)

Cote d'Ivoire

5 19 N

4 02 W

Abkhazia (region)

Georgia

43 00 N

41 00 E

Abu Dhabi (capital)

United Arab Emirates

24 28 N

54 22 E

Abu Musa (island)

Iran

25 52 N

55 03 E

Abuja (capital)

Nigeria

9 12 N

7 11 E

Abyssinia (former name for Ethiopia)

Ethiopia

8 00 N

38 00 E

Acapulco (city)

Mexico

16 51 N

99 55 W

Accra (capital)

Ghana

5 33 N

0 13 W

Adamstown (capital)

Pitcairn Islands

25 04 S

130 05 W

Addis Ababa (capital)

Ethiopia

9 02 N

38 42 E

Adelie Land (claimed by France; also Terre Adelie)

Antarctica

66 30 S

139 00 E

Aden (city)

Yemen

12 46 N

45 01 E

Aden, Gulf of

Indian Ocean

12 30 N

48 00 E

Admiralty Island

United States (Alaska)

57 44 N

134 20 W

Admiralty Islands

Papua New Guinea

2 10 S

147 00 E

Adriatic Sea

Atlantic Ocean

42 30 N

16 00 E

Adygey (region)

Russia

44 30 N

40 10 E

Aegean Islands

Greece

38 00 N

25 00 E

Aegean Sea

Atlantic Ocean

38 30 N

25 00 E

Afars and Issas, French Territory of the (or FTAI; former name for Djibouti)

Djibouti

11 30 N

43 00 E

Afghanestan (local name for Afghanistan)

Afghanistan

33 00 N

65 00 E

Agalega Islands

Mauritius

10 25 S

56 40 E

Agana (city; former name for Hagatna)

Guam

13 28 N

144 45 E

Ajaccio (city)

France (Corsica)

41 55 N

8 44 E

Ajaria (region)

Georgia

41 45 N

42 10 E

Akmola (city; former name for Astana)

Kazakhstan

51 10 N

71 30 E

Aksai Chin (region)

China (de facto), India (claimed)

35 00 N

79 00 E

Al Arabiyah as Suudiyah (local name for Saudi Arabia)

Saudi Arabia

25 00 N

45 00 E

Al Bahrayn (local name for Bahrain)

Bahrain

26 00 N

50 33 E

Al Imarat al Arabiyah al Muttahidah (local name for the United Arab Emirates)

United Arab Emirates

24 00 N

54 00 E

Al Iraq (local name for Iraq)

Iraq

33 00 N

44 00 E

Al Jaza'ir (local name for Algeria)

Algeria

28 00 N

3 00 E

Al Kuwayt (local name for Kuwait)

Kuwait

29 30 N

45 45 E

Al Maghrib (local name for Morocco)

Morocco

32 00 N

5 00 W

Al Urdun (local name for Jordan)

Jordan

31 00 N

36 00 E

Al Yaman (local name for Yemen)

Yemen

15 00 N

48 00 E

Aland Islands

Finland

60 15 N

20 00 E

Alaska (state)

United States

65 00 N

153 00 W

Alaska, Gulf of

Pacific Ocean

58 00 N

145 00 W

Alboran Sea

Atlantic Ocean

36 00 N

2 30 W

Aldabra Islands (Groupe d'Aldabra)

Seychelles

9 25 S

46 22 E

Alderney (island)

Guernsey

49 43 N

2 12 W

Aleutian Islands

United States (Alaska)

52 00 N

176 00 W

Alexander Archipelago (island group)

United States (Alaska)

57 00 N

134 00 W

Alexander Island

Antarctica

71 00 S

70 00 W

Alexandretta (region; former name for Iskenderun)

Turkey

36 34 N

36 08 E

Alexandria (city)

Egypt

31 12 N

29 54 E

Algiers (capital)

Algeria

36 47 N

2 03 E

Alhucemas, Penon de (island group)

Spain

35 13 N

3 53 W

Alma-Ata (city; former name for Almaty)

Kazakhstan

43 15 N

76 57 E

Almaty (former capital)

Kazakhstan

43 15 N

76 57 E

Alofi (capital)

Niue

19 01 S

169 55 W

Alphonse Island

Seychelles

7 01 S

52 45 E

Alsace (region)

France

48 30 N

7 20 E

Amami Strait

Pacific Ocean

28 40 N

129 30 E

Amindivi Islands (former name for Laccadive Islands)

India

11 30 N

72 30 E

Amirante Isles (island group; also Les Amirantes)

Seychelles

6 00 S

53 10 E

Amman (capital)

Jordan

31 57 N

35 56 E

Amsterdam (capital)

Netherlands

52 23 N

4 54 E

Amsterdam Island (Ile Amsterdam)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

37 52 S

77 32 E

Amundsen Sea

Southern Ocean

72 30 S

112 00 W

Amur River

China, Russia

52 56 N

141 10 E

Amurskiy Liman (strait)

Pacific Ocean

53 00 N

141 30 E

Anadyrskiy Zaliv (gulf)

Pacific Ocean

64 00 N

177 00 E

Anatolia (region)

Turkey

39 00 N

35 00 E

Andaman Islands

India

12 00 N

92 45 E

Andaman Sea

Indian Ocean

10 00 N

95 00 E

Andorra la Vella (capital)

Andorra

42 30 N

1 30 E

Andros (island)

Greece

37 45 N

24 42 E

Andros Island

The Bahamas

24 26 N

77 57 W

Anegada Passage

Atlantic Ocean

18 30 N

63 40 W

Angkor Wat (ruins)

Cambodia

13 26 N

103 50 E

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (former name for Sudan)

Sudan

15 00 N

30 00 E

Anjouan (island)

Comoros

12 15 S

44 25 E

Ankara (capital)

Turkey

39 56 N

32 52 E

Annobon (island)

Equatorial Guinea

1 25 S

5 36 E

Antananarivo (capital)

Madagascar

18 52 S

47 30 E

Antigua (island)

Antigua and Barbuda

14 34 N

90 44 W

Antipodes Islands

New Zealand

49 41 S

178 43 E

Antwerp (city)

Belgium

51 13 N

4 25 E

Aomen (local Chinese short-form name for Macau)

Macau

22 10 N

113 33 E

Aozou Strip (region)

Chad

22 00 N

18 00 E

Apia (capital)

Samoa

13 50 S

171 45W

Aqaba, Gulf of

Indian Ocean

29 00 N

34 30 E

Arab, Shatt al (river)

Iran, Iraq

29 57 N

48 34 E

Arabian Sea

Indian Ocean

15 00 N

65 00 E

Arafura Sea

Pacific Ocean

9 00 S

133 00 E

Aral Sea

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan

45 00 N

60 00 E

Argun River

China, Russia

53 20 N

121 28 E

Aru Sea

Pacific Ocean

6 15 S

135 00 E

As-Sudan (local name for Sudan)

Sudan

15 00 N

30 00 E

Ascension Island

Saint Helena

7 57 S

14 22 W

Ashgabat, Ashkhabad (capital)

Turkmenistan

37 57 N

58 23 E

Asmara, Asmera (capital)

Eritrea

15 20 N

38 53 E

Assumption Island

Seychelles

9 46 S

46 34 E

Astana (capital; formerly Akmola)

Kazakhstan

51 10 N

71 30 E

Asuncion (capital)

Paraguay

25 16 S

57 40 W

Asuncion Island

Northern Mariana Islands

19 40 N

145 24 E

Atacama (desert)

Chile

23 00 S

70 10 W

Atacama (region)

Chile

24 30 S

69 15 W

Athens (capital)

Greece

37 59 N

23 44 E

Attu Island

United States

52 55 N

172 57 E

Auckland (city)

New Zealand

36 52 S

174 46 E

Auckland Islands

New Zealand

51 00 S

166 30 E

Australes, Iles (island group; also Iles Tubuai)

French Polynesia

23 20 S

151 00 W

Avarua (capital)

Cook Islands

21 12 S

159 46 W

Axel Heiberg Island

Canada

79 30 N

90 00 W

Azad Kashmir (region)

Pakistan

34 30 N

74 00 E

Azarbaycan, Azerbaidzhan (local name for Azerbaijan)

Azerbaijan

40 30 N

47 30 E

Azores (islands)

Portugal

38 30 N

28 00 W

Azov, Sea of

Atlantic Ocean

49 00 N

36 00 E

Bab el Mandeb (strait)

Indian Ocean

12 40 N

43 20 E

Babuyan Channel

Pacific Ocean

18 44 N

121 40 E

Babuyan Islands

Philippines

19 10 N

121 40 E

Baffin Bay

Arctic Ocean

73 00 N

66 00 W

Baffin Island

Canada

68 00 N

70 00 W

Baghdad (capital)

Iraq

33 21 N

44 25 E

Baku (capital; also Baki, Baky)

Azerbaijan

40 23 N

49 51 E

Balabac Strait

Pacific Ocean

7 35 N

117 00 E

Balearic Islands

Spain

39 30 N

3 00 E

Balearic Sea (Iberian Sea)

Atlantic Ocean

40 30 N

2 00 E

Bali (island)

Indonesia

8 20 S

115 00 E

Bali Sea

Indian Ocean

7 45 S

115 30 E

Balintang Channel

Pacific Ocean

19 49 N

121 40 E

Balintang Islands

Philippines

19 55 N

122 10 E

Balkan Peninsula

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part)

42 00 N

23 00 E

Balleny Islands

Antarctica

67 00 S

163 00 E

Balochistan (region)

Pakistan

28 00 N

63 00 E

Baltic Sea

Atlantic Ocean

57 00 N

19 00 E

Bamako (capital)

Mali

12 39 N

8 00 W

Banaba (Ocean Island)

Kiribati

0 52 S

169 35 E

Banat (region)

Hungary, Romania, Serbia

45 30 N

21 00 E

Banda Sea

Pacific Ocean

5 00 S

128 00 E

Bandar Seri Begawan (capital)

Brunei

4 52 S

114 55 E

Bangka (island)

Indonesia

2 30 S

106 00 E

Bangkok (capital)

Thailand

13 45 N

100 31 E

Bangui (capital)

Central African Republic

4 22 N

18 35 E

Banjul (capital)

The Gambia

13 28 N

16 39 W

Banks Island

Australia

10 12 S

142 16 E

Banks Island

Canada

75 15 N

121 30 W

Banks Islands (Iles Banks)

Vanuatu

14 00 S

167 30 E

Barbuda (island)

Antigua and Barbuda

17 38 N

61 48 W

Barcelona (city)

Spain

41 25 N

2 13 E

Barents Sea

Arctic Ocean

74 00 N

36 00 E

Barranquilla (city)

Colombia

10 59 N

74 48 W

Bashi Channel

Pacific Ocean

22 00 N

121 00 E

Basilan Strait

Pacific Ocean

6 49 N

122 05 E

Basque Provinces

Spain

43 00 N

2 30 W

Bass Strait

Pacific Ocean

39 20 S

145 30 E

Basse-Terre (capital)

Guadeloupe

16 00 N

61 44 W

Basseterre (capital)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

17 18 N

62 43 W

Bastia (city)

France (Corsica)

42 42 N

9 27 E

Basutoland (former name for Lesotho)

Lesotho

29 30 S

28 30 E

Batan Islands

Philippines

20 30 N

121 50 E

Bavaria (region; also Bayern)

Germany

48 30 N

11 30 E

Beagle Channel

Atlantic Ocean

54 53 S

68 10 W

Bear Island (see Bjornoya)

Svalbard

74 26 N

19 05 E

Beaufort Sea

Arctic Ocean

73 00 N

140 00 W

Bechuanaland (former name for Botswana)

Botswana

22 00 S

24 00 E

Beijing (capital)

China

39 56 N

116 24 E

Beirut (capital)

Lebanon

33 53 N

35 30 E

Bekaa Valley

Lebanon

34 00 N

36 05 E

Belau (Palau Islands)

Palau

7 30 N

134 30 E

Belep Islands (Iles Belep)

New Caledonia

19 45 S

163 40 E

Belfast (city)

United Kingdom

54 36 N

5 55 W

Belgian Congo (former name for Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

0 00 N

25 00 E

Belgie, Belgique (local name for Belgium)

Belgium

50 50 N

4 00 E

Belgrade (capital)

Serbia

44 50 N

20 30 E

Belize City

Belize

17 30 N

88 12 W

Belle Isle, Strait of

Atlantic Ocean

51 35 N

56 30 W

Bellingshausen Sea

Southern Ocean

71 00 S

85 00 W

Belmopan (capital)

Belize

17 15 N

88 46 W

Belorussia (former name for Belarus)

Belarus

53 00 N

28 00 E

Benadir (region; former name of Italian Somaliland)

Somalia

4 00 N

46 00 E

Bengal, Bay of

Indian Ocean

15 00 N

90 00 E

Berau, Gulf of

Pacific Ocean

2 30 S

132 30 E

Bering Island

Russia

55 00 N

166 30 E

Bering Sea

Pacific Ocean

60 00 N

175 00 W

Bering Strait

Pacific Ocean

65 30 N

169 00 W

Berkner Island

Antarctica

79 30 S

49 30 W

Berlin (capital)

Germany

52 31 N

13 24 E

Berlin, East (former name for eastern sector of Berlin)

Germany

52 30 N

13 33 E

Berlin, West (former name for western sector of Berlin)

Germany

52 30 N

13 20 E

Bern (capital)

Switzerland

46 57 N

7 26 E

Bessarabia (region)

Moldova, Romania, Ukraine

47 00 N

28 30 E

Bharat (local name for India)

India

20 00 N

77 00 E

Bhopal (city)

India

23 16 N

77 24 E

Biafra (region)

Nigeria

5 30 N

7 30 E

Big Diomede Island

Russia

65 46 N

169 06 W

Bijagos, Arquipelago dos (island group)

Guinea-Bissau

11 25 N

16 20 W

Bikini Atoll

Marshall Islands

11 35 N

165 23 E

Bilbao (city)

Spain

43 15 N

2 58 W

Bioko (island)

Equatorial Guinea

3 30 N

8 42 E

Biscay, Bay of

Atlantic Ocean

44 00 N

4 00 W

Bishkek (capital)

Kyrgyzstan

42 54 N

74 36 E

Bishop Rock

United Kingdom

49 52 N

6 27 W

Bismarck Archipelago (island group)

Papua New Guinea

5 00 S

150 00 E

Bismarck Sea

Pacific Ocean

4 00 S

148 00 E

Bissau (capital)

Guinea-Bissau

11 51 N

15 35 W

Bjornoya (Bear Island)

Svalbard

74 26 N

19 05 E

Black Forest (region)

Germany

48 00 N

8 15 E

Black Rock (island)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

53 39 S

41 48 W

Black Sea

Atlantic Ocean

43 00 N

35 00 E

Bloemfontein (judicial capital)

South Africa

29 12 S

26 07 E

Bo Hai (gulf)

Pacific Ocean

38 00 N

120 00 E

Boa Vista (island)

Cape Verde

16 05 N

22 50 W

Bogota (capital)

Colombia

4 36 N

74 05 W

Bohemia (region)

Czech Republic

50 00 N

14 30 E

Bombay (city; see Mumbai)

India

18 58 N

72 50 E

Bonaire (island)

Netherlands Antilles

12 10 N

68 15 W

Bonifacio, Strait of

Atlantic Ocean

41 01 N

14 00 E

Bonin Islands

Japan

27 00 N

142 10 E

Bonn (former capital)

Germany

50 44 N

7 05 E

Bophuthatswana (region; enclave)

South Africa

26 30 S

25 30 E

Bora-Bora (island)

French Polynesia

16 30 S

151 45 W

Bordeaux (city)

France

44 50 N

0 34 W

Borneo (island)

Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia

0 30 N

114 00 E

Bornholm (island)

Denmark

55 10 N

15 00 E

Bosna i Hercegovina (local name for Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

44 00 N

18 00 E

Bosnia (political region)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

44 00 N

18 00 E

Bosporus (strait)

Atlantic Ocean

41 00 N

29 00 E

Bothnia, Gulf of

Atlantic Ocean

63 00 N

20 00 E

Bougainville (island)

Papua New Guinea

6 00 S

155 00 E

Bougainville Strait

Pacific Ocean

6 40 S

156 10 E

Bounty Islands

New Zealand

47 43 S

174 00 E

Bourbon Island (former name of Reunion)

Reunion

21 06 S

55 36 E

Brasilia (capital)

Brazil

15 47 S

47 55 W

Bratislava (capital)

Slovakia

48 09 N

17 07 E

Brazzaville (capital)

Republic of the Congo

4 16 S

15 17 E

Bridgetown (capital)

Barbados

13 06 N

59 37 W

Brisbane (city)

Australia

27 28 S

153 02 E

Bristol Bay

Pacific Ocean

57 00 N

160 00 W

Bristol Channel

Atlantic Ocean

51 18 N

3 30 W

Britain (see Great Britain)

United Kingdom

54 00 N

2 00 W

British Bechuanaland (region; former name for northwest South Africa)

South Africa

27 30 S

23 30 E

British Central African Protectorate (former name of Nyasaland)

Malawi

13 30 S

34 00 E

British East Africa (former name for British possessions in eastern Africa)

Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

1 00 N

38 00 E

British Guiana (former name for Guyana)

Guyana

5 00 N

59 00 W

British Honduras (former name for Belize)

Belize

17 15 N

88 45 W

British Solomon Islands (former name for Solomon Islands)

Solomon Islands

8 00 S

159 00 E

British Somaliland (former name for northern Somalia)

Somalia

10 00 N

49 00 E

Brussels (capital)

Belgium

50 50 N

4 20 E

Bubiyan (island)

Kuwait

29 47 N

48 10 E

Bucharest (capital)

Romania

44 26 N

26 06 E

Budapest (capital)

Hungary

47 30 N

19 05 E

Buenos Aires (capital)

Argentina

34 36 S

58 27 W

Bujumbura (capital)

Burundi

3 23 S

29 22 E

Bukovina (region)

Romania, Ukraine

48 00 N

26 00 E

Byelarus (local name for Belarus)

Belarus

53 00 N

28 00 E

Byelorussia (former name for Belarus)

Belarus

53 00 N

28 00 E

Cabinda (province)

Angola

5 33 S

12 12 E

Cabo Verde (local name for Cape Verde)

Cape Verde

16 00 N

24 00 W

Cabot Strait

Atlantic Ocean

47 20 N

59 30 W

Caicos Islands

Turks and Caicos Islands

21 56 N

71 58 W

Cairo (capital)

Egypt

30 03 N

31 15 E

Calcutta (city)

India

22 32 N

88 21 E

Calgary (city)

Canada

51 02 N

114 04 W

California, Gulf of

Pacific Ocean

28 00 N

112 00 W

Cameroun (local name for Cameroon)

Cameroon

6 00 N

12 00 E

Campbell Island

New Zealand

52 33 S

169 09 E

Campeche, Bay of

Atlantic Ocean

20 00 N

94 00 W

Canal Zone (former name for US possessions in Panama)

Panama

9 00 N

79 45 W

Canarias Sea

Atlantic Ocean

28 00 N

16 00 W

Canary Islands

Spain

28 00 N

15 30 W

Canberra (capital)

Australia

35 17 S

149 08 E

Cancun (city)

Mexico

21 10 N

86 50 W

Canton (city; now Guangzhou)

China

23 06 N

113 16 E

Canton Island (Kanton Island)

Kiribati

2 49 S

171 40 W

Cape Juby (region; former name for Southern Morocco)

Morocco

27 53 N

12 58 W

Cape Province (region; former name for Northern, Western, and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa)

South Africa

31 30 S

22 30 E

Cape Town (legislative capital)

South Africa

33 57 S

18 25 E

Cape of Good Hope (cape; also alternate name for Cape Province of South Africa)

South Africa

34 15 S

18 20 E

Caracas (capital)

Venezuela

10 30 N

66 56 W

Cargados Carajos Shoals

Mauritius

16 25 S

59 38 E

Caribbean Sea

Atlantic Ocean

15 00 N

73 00 W

Caroline Islands

Federated States of Micronesia, Palau

7 30 N

148 00 E

Carpatho-Ukraine (region; former name for Zakarpats'ka oblast')

Ukraine

48 22 N

23 32 E

Carpentaria, Gulf of

Pacific Ocean

14 00 S

139 00 E

Casablanca (city)

Morocco

33 35 N

7 34 W

Castries (capital)

Saint Lucia

14 01 N

61 00 W

Catalonia (region)

Spain

42 00 N

2 00 E

Cato Island

Australia

23 15 S

155 32 E

Caucasus (region)

Russia

42 00 N

45 00 E

Cayenne (capital)

French Guiana

4 56 N

52 20 W

Celebes (island)

Indonesia

2 00 S

121 00 E

Celebes Sea

Pacific Ocean

3 00 N

122 00 E

Celtic Sea

Atlantic Ocean

51 00 N

6 30 W

Central African Empire (former name for Central African Republic)

Central African Republic

7 00 N

21 00 E

Ceram (Seram) Sea

Pacific Ocean

2 30 S

129 30 E

Ceska Republika (local name for Czech Republic)

Czech Republic

49 45 N

15 30 E

Ceskoslovensko (former local name for Czechoslovakia)

Czech Republic, Slovakia

49 00 N

17 30 E

Cetinje (capital city)

Montenegro

42 24 N

18 55 E

Ceuta (city)

Spain

35 53 N

5 19 W

Ceylon (former name for Sri Lanka)

Sri Lanka

7 00 N

81 00 E

Chafarinas, Islas (island)

Spain

35 12 N

2 26 W

Chagos Archipelago (Oil Islands)

British Indian Ocean Territory

6 00 S

71 30 E

Challenger Deep (Mariana Trench)

Pacific Ocean

11 22 N

142 36 E

Channel Islands

Guernsey, Jersey

49 20 N

2 20 W

Charlotte Amalie (capital)

Virgin Islands

18 21 N

64 56 W

Chatham Islands

New Zealand

44 00 S

176 30 W

Chechnya (region; also Chechnia)

Russia

43 15 N

45 40 E

Cheju Strait

Pacific Ocean

34 00 N

126 30 E

Cheju-do (island)

Korea, South

33 20 N

126 30 E

Chengdu (city)

China

30 43 N

104 04 E

Chennai (city; also Madras)

India

13 04 N

80 16 E

Chesterfield Islands (Iles Chesterfield)

New Caledonia

19 52 S

158 15 E

Chihli, Gulf of (see Bo Hai)

Pacific Ocean

38 30 N

120 00 E

Chiloe (island)

Chile

42 50 S

74 00 W

China, People's Republic of

China

35 00 N

105 00 E

China, Republic of

Taiwan

23 30 N

121 00 E

Chisinau (capital; also Kishinev)

Moldova

47 00 N

28 50 E

Choiseul (island)

Solomon Islands

7 05 S

121 00 E

Choson (local name for North Korea)

North Korea

40 00 N

127 00 E

Christmas Island (Indian Ocean)

Australia

10 25 S

105 39 E

Christmas Island (Pacific Ocean; also Kiritimati)

Kiribati

1 52 N

157 20 W

Chukchi Sea

Arctic Ocean

69 00 N

171 00 W

Chuuk Islands (Truk Islands)

Federated States of Micronesia

7 25 N

151 47 W

Cilicia (region)

Turkey

36 50 N

34 30 E

Ciskei (enclave)

South Africa

33 00 S

27 00 E

Citta del Vaticano (local name for Vatican City)

Holy See

41 54 N

12 27 E

Cochin China (region)

Vietnam

11 00 N

107 00 E

Coco, Isla del (island)

Costa Rica

5 32 N

87 04 W

Cocos Islands

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

12 30 S

96 50 E

Colombo (capital)

Sri Lanka

6 56 N

79 51 E

Colon, Archipielago de (Galapagos Islands)

Ecuador

0 00 N

90 30 W

Commander Islands (Komandorskiye Ostrova)

Russia

55 00 N

167 00 E

Comores (local name for Comoros)

Comoros

12 10 S

44 15 E

Con Son (islands)

Vietnam

8 43 N

106 36 E

Conakry (capital)

Guinea

9 31 N

13 43 W

Confederatio Helvetica (local name for Switzerland)

Switzerland

47 00 N

8 00 E

Congo (Brazzaville) (former name for Republic of the Congo)

Republic of the Congo

1 00 S

15 00 E

Congo (Leopoldville) (former name for the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

0 00 N

25 00 E

Constantinople (city; former name for Istanbul)

Turkey

41 01 N

28 58 E

Cook Strait

Pacific Ocean

41 15 S

174 30 E

Copenhagen (capital)

Denmark

55 40 N

12 35 E

Coral Sea

Pacific Ocean

15 00 S

150 00 E

Corfu (island)

Greece

39 40 N

19 45 E

Corinth (region)

Greece

37 56 N

22 56 E

Corisco (island)

Equatorial Guinea

0 55 N

9 19 E

Corn Islands (Islas del Maiz)

Nicaragua

12 15 N

83 00 W

Corocoro Island

Guyana, Venezuela

3 38 N

66 50 W

Corsica (island; also Corse)

France

42 00 N

9 00 E

Cosmoledo Group (island group; also Atoll de Cosmoledo)

Seychelles

9 43 S

47 35 E

Cotonou (former capital)

Benin

6 21 N

2 26 E

Cotopaxi (volcano)

Ecuador

0 39 S

78 26 W

Courantyne River

Guyana, Suriname

5 57 N

57 06 W

Cozumel (island)

Mexico

20 30 N

86 55 W

Crete (island)

Greece

35 15 N

24 45 E

Crimea (region)

Ukraine

45 00 N

34 00 E

Crimean Peninsula

Ukraine

45 00 N

34 00 E

Crooked Island Passage

Atlantic Ocean

22 55 N

74 35 W

Crozet Islands (Iles Crozet)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

46 30 S

51 00 E

Cyclades (island group)

Greece

37 00 N

25 10 E

Cyrenaica (region)

Libya

31 00 N

22 00 E

Czechoslovakia (former name for the entity that subsequently split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)

Czech Republic, Slovakia

49 00 N

18 00 E

D'Entrecasteaux Islands

Papua New Guinea

9 30 S

150 40 E

Dagestan (region)

Russia

43 00 N

47 00 E

Dahomey (former name for Benin)

Benin

9 30 N

2 15 E

Daito Islands

Japan

43 00 N

17 00 E

Dakar (capital)

Senegal

14 40 N

17 26 W

Dalmatia (region)

Croatia

43 00 N

17 00 E

Daman (city; also Damao)

India

20 10 N

73 00 E

Damascus (capital)

Syria

33 30 N

36 18 E

Danger Islands (see Pukapuka Atoll)

Cook Islands

10 53 S

165 49 W

Danish Straits

Atlantic Ocean

58 00 N

11 00 E

Danish West Indies (former name for the Virgin Islands)

Virgin Islands

18 20 N

64 50 W

Danmark (local name)

Denmark

56 00 N

10 00 E

Danzig (city; former name for Gdansk)

Poland

54 23 N

18 40 E

Dao Bach Long Vi (island)

Vietnam

20 08 N

107 44 E

Dar es Salaam (capital)

Tanzania

6 48 S

39 17 E

Dardanelles (strait)

Atlantic Ocean

40 15 N

26 25 E

Davis Strait

Atlantic Ocean

67 00 N

57 00 W

Dead Sea

Israel, Jordan, West Bank

32 30 N

35 30 E

Deception Island

Antarctica

62 56 S

60 34 W

Denmark Strait

Atlantic Ocean

67 00 N

24 00 W

Desolation Islands (Isles Kerguelen)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

49 30 S

69 30 E

Deutschland (local name for Germany)

Germany

51 00 N

9 00 E

Devils Island (Ile du Diable)

French Guiana

5 17 N

52 35 W

Devon Island

Canada

76 00 N

87 00 W

Dhaka (capital)

Bangladesh

23 43 N

90 25 E

Dhivehi Raajje (local name for Maldives)

Maldives

3 15 N

73 00 E

Dhofar (region)

Oman

17 00 N

54 10 E

Diego Garcia (island)

British Indian Ocean Territory

7 20 S

72 25 E

Diego Ramirez (islands)

Chile

56 30 S

68 43 W

Dili (capital)

East Timor

8 35 S

125 36 E

Dilmun (former name for Bahrain)

Bahrain

7 00 N

81 00 E

Diomede Islands

Russia (Big Diomede), United States (Little Diomede)

65 47 N

169 00 W

Diu (region)

India

20 42 N

70 59 E

Djibouti (capital)

Djibouti

11 30 N

43 15 E

Dnieper (river)

Belarus, Russia, Ukraine (Dnyapro, Dnepr, Dnipro)

46 30 N

32 18 E

Dniester (river)

Moldova, Ukraine (Nistru, Dnister)

46 18 N

30 17 E

Dobruja (region)

Bulgaria, Romania

43 30 N

28 00 E

Dodecanese (island group)

Greece

36 00 N

27 05 E

Dodoma (city)

Tanzania

6 11 S

35 45 E

Doha (capital)

Qatar

25 17 N

51 32 E

Donets Basin

Russia, Ukraine

48 15 N

38 30 E

Douala (city)

Cameroon

4 03 N

9 42 E

Douglas (capital)

Man, Isle of

54 09 N

4 28 W

Dover, Strait of

Atlantic Ocean

51 00 N

1 30 E

Drake Passage

Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean

60 00 S

60 00 W

Druk Yul (local name for Bhutan)

Bhutan

27 30 N

90 30 E

Dubai, Dubayy (city)

United Arab Emirates

25 18 N

55 18 E

Dublin (capital)

Ireland

53 20 N

6 15 W

Duesseldorf (city)

Germany

51 13 N

6 47 E

Durban (city)

South Africa

29 51 S

31 02 E

Dushanbe (capital)

Tajikistan

38 35 N

68 48 E

Dutch Antilles (former name for the Netherlands Antilles)

Netherlands Antilles

12 10 N

68 30 W

Dutch East Indies (former name for Indonesia)

Indonesia

5 00 S

120 00 E

Dutch Guiana (former name for Suriname)

Suriname

4 00 N

56 00 W

Dutch West Indies (former name for the Netherlands Antilles)

Netherlands Antilles

12 10 N

68 30 W

Dzungarian Gate (valley)

China, Kazakhstan

45 25 N

82 25 E

East China Sea

Pacific Ocean

30 00 N

126 00 E

East Frisian Islands

Germany

53 44 N

7 25 E

East Germany (German Democratic Republic; former name for eastern portion of Germany)

Germany

52 00 N

13 00 E

East Korea Strait (Eastern Channel or Tsushima Strait)

Pacific Ocean

34 00 N

129 00 E

East Pakistan (former name for Bangladesh)

Bangladesh

24 00 N

90 00 E

East Siberian Sea

Arctic Ocean

74 00 N

166 00 E

Easter Island (Isla de Pascua)

Chile

27 07 S

109 22 W

Eastern Channel (East Korea Strait or Tsushima Strait)

Pacific Ocean

34 00 N

129 00 E

Eastern Samoa (former name for American Samoa)

American Samoa

14 20 S

170 00 W

Edinburgh (city)

United Kingdom

55 57 N

3 11 W

Eesti (local name for Estonia)

Estonia

59 00 N

26 00 E

Eire (local name for Ireland)

Ireland

53 00 N

8 00 W

Elba (island)

Italy

42 46 N

10 17 E

Elemi Triangle (region)

Ethiopia (claimed), Kenya (de facto), Sudan (claimed)

5 00 N

35 30 E

Ellada, Ellas (local name for Greece)

Greece

39 00 N

22 00 E

Ellef Ringnes Island

Canada

78 00 N

103 00 W

Ellesmere Island

Canada

81 00 N

80 00 W

Ellice Islands

Tuvalu

8 00 S

178 00 E

Ellsworth Land (region)

Antarctica

75 00 S

92 00 W

Elobey, Islas de (island group)

Equatorial Guinea

0 59 N

9 33 E

Enderbury Island

Kiribati

3 08 S

171 05 W

Enewetak Atoll (Eniwetok Atoll)

Marshall Islands

11 30 N

162 15 E

England (region)

United Kingdom

52 30 N

1 30 W

English Channel

Atlantic Ocean

50 20 N

1 00 W

Eniwetok Atoll (see Enewetak Atoll)

Marshall Islands

11 30 N

162 15 E

Eolie, Isole (island group)

Italy

38 30 N

15 00 E

Epirus, Northern (region)

Albania, Greece

40 00 N

20 30 E

Episkopi Cantonment (capital)

Akrotiri, Dhekelia

34 40 N

32 51 E

Ertra (local name for Eritrea)

Eritrea

15 00 N

39 00 E

Espana

Spain

40 00 N

4 00 W

Essequibo (region; claimed by Venezuela)

Guyana

6 59 N

58 23 W

Etorofu (island; also Iturup)

Russia (de facto)

44 55 N

147 40 E

Farquhar Group (island group; also Atoll de Farquhar)

Seychelles

10 10 S

51 10 E

Fergana Valley

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

41 00 N

72 00 E

Fernando Po (island; see Bioko)

Equatorial Guinea

3 30 N

8 42 E

Fernando de Noronha (island group)

Brazil

3 51 S

32 25 W

Filipinas (local name for the Philippines; also Pilipinas)

Philippines

13 00 N

122 00 E

Finland, Gulf of

Atlantic Ocean

60 00 N

27 00 E

Florence (city)

Italy

43 46 N

11 16 E

Flores (island)

Indonesia

8 45 S

121 00 E

Flores Sea

Pacific Ocean

7 40 S

119 45 E

Florida, Straits of

Atlantic Ocean

25 00 N

79 45 W

Fongafale (largest island of Funafuti)

Tuvalu

8 30 S

179 12 E

Former Soviet Union (FSU)

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

 

 

Formosa (island)

Taiwan

23 30 N

121 00 E

Formosa Strait (see Taiwan Strait)

Pacific Ocean

24 00 N

119 00 E

Foroyar (local name for Faroe Islands)

Faroe Islands

62 00 N

7 00 W

Fort-de-France (capital)

Martinique

14 36 N

61 05 W

Frankfurt am Main (city)

Germany

50 07 N

8 41 E

Franz Josef Land (island group)

Russia

81 00 N

55 00 E

Freetown (capital)

Sierra Leone

8 30 N

13 15 W

French Cameroon (former name for Cameroon)

Cameroon

6 00 N

12 00 E

French Guinea (former name for Guinea)

Guinea

11 00 N

10 00 W

French Indochina (former name for French possessions in southeast Asia)

Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam

15 00 N

107 00 E

French Morocco (former name for Morocco)

Morocco

32 00 N

5 00 W

French Somaliland (former name for Djibouti)

Djibouti

11 30 N

43 00 E

French Sudan (former name for Mali)

Mali

17 00 N

4 00 W

French Territory of the Afars and Issas (or FTAI; former name for Djibouti)

Djibouti

11 30 N

43 00 E

French Togoland (former name for Togo)

Togo

8 00 N

1 10 E

French West Indies (former name for French possessions in the West Indies)

Guadeloupe, Martinique

16 30 N

62 00 W

Friendly Islands

Tonga

20 00 S

175 00 W

Frisian Islands

Denmark, Germany, Netherlands

53 35 N

6 40 E

Frunze (city; former name for Bishkek)

Kyrgyzstan

42 54 N

74 36 E

Funafuti (capital, atoll)

Tuvalu

8 30 S

179 12 E

Fundy, Bay of

Atlantic Ocean

45 00 N

66 00 W

Futuna Islands (Hoorn Islands/Iles de Horne)

Wallis and Futuna

14 19 S

178 05 W

Fyn (island)

Denmark

55 20 N

10 25 E

Gaborone (capital)

Botswana

24 45 S

25 55 E

Galapagos Islands (Archipielago de Colon)

Ecuador

0 00 N

90 30 W

Galicia (region)

Poland, Ukraine

49 30 N

23 00 E

Galicia (region)

Spain

42 45 N

8 10 E

Galilee (region)

Israel

32 54 N

35 20 E

Galleons Passage

Atlantic Ocean

11 00 N

60 55 W

Gambier Islands (Iles Gambier)

French Polynesia

23 09 S

134 58 W

Gaspar Strait

Pacific Ocean

3 00 S

107 00 E

Gdansk (city; formerly Danzig)

Poland

54 23 N

18 40 E

Geneva (city)

Switzerland

46 12 N

6 10 E

Genoa (city)

Italy

44 25 N

8 57 E

George Town (capital)

Cayman Islands

19 20 N

81 23 W

George Town (city)

Malaysia

5 26 N

100 16 E

George Town (city)

The Bahamas

23 30 N

75 46 W

Georgetown (capital)

Guyana

6 48 N

58 10 W

Georgetown (city)

The Gambia

13 30 N

14 47 W

German Democratic Republic (East Germany; former name for eastern portion of Germany)

Germany

52 00 N

13 00 E

German Southwest Africa (former name for Namibia)

Namibia

22 00 S

17 00 E

Germany, Federal Republic of

Germany

51 00 N

9 00 E

Gibraltar (city, peninsula)

Gibraltar

36 11 N

5 22 W

Gibraltar, Strait of

Atlantic Ocean

35 57 N

5 36 W

Gidi Pass

Egypt

30 13 N

33 09 E

Gilbert Islands

Kiribati

1 25 N

173 00 E

Goa (state)

India

15 20 N

74 00 E

Gobi (desert)

China, Mongolia

42 30 N

107 00 E

Godthab (capital; also Nuuk)

Greenland

64 11 N

51 44 W

Golan Heights (region)

Syria

33 00 N

35 45 E

Gold Coast (former name for Ghana)

Ghana

8 00 N

2 00 W

Golfo San Jorge (gulf)

Atlantic Ocean

46 00 S

66 00 W

Golfo San Matias (gulf)

Atlantic Ocean

41 30 S

64 00 W

Good Hope, Cape of

South Africa

34 24 S

18 30 E

Goteborg (city)

Sweden

57 43 N

11 58 E

Gotland (island)

Sweden

57 30 N

18 33 E

Gough Island

Saint Helena

40 20 S

9 55 W

Graham Land (region)

Antarctica

65 00 S

64 00 W

Gran Chaco (region)

Argentina, Paraguay

24 00 S

60 00 W

Grand Bahama (island)

The Bahamas

26 40 N

78 35 W

Grand Banks (fishing ground)

Atlantic Ocean

47 06 N

55 48 W

Grand Cayman (island)

Cayman Islands

19 20 N

81 20 W

Grand Turk (capital; also Cockburn Town)

Turks and Caicos Islands

21 28 N

71 08 W

Great Australian Bight

Indian Ocean

35 00 S

130 00 E

Great Belt (strait; also Store Baelt)

Atlantic Ocean

55 30 N

11 00 E

Great Bitter Lake

Egypt

30 20 N

32 23 E

Great Britain (island)

United Kingdom

54 00 N

2 00 W

Great Channel

Indian Ocean

6 25 N

94 20 E

Great Inagua (island)

The Bahamas

21 00 N

73 20 W

Great Rift Valley

Ethiopia, Kenya

0 30 N

36 00 E

Greater Sunda Islands

Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia

2 00 S

110 00 E

Green Islands

Papua New Guinea

4 30 S

154 10 E

Greenland Sea

Arctic Ocean

79 00 N

5 00 W

Grenadines, Northern (island group)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

13 15 N

61 12 W

Grenadines, Southern (island group)

Grenada

12 07 N

61 40 W

Grytviken (town; on South Georgia)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

54 15 S

36 45 W

Guadalahara (city)

Mexico

20 40 N

103 24 W

Guadalcanal (island)

Solomon Islands

9 32 S

160 12 E

Guadalupe, Isla de (island)

Mexico

29 11 N

118 17 W

Guangzhou (city; also Canton)

China

23 09 N

113 21 E

Guantanamo Bay (US Naval Base)

Cuba

20 00 N

75 08 W

Guatemala (capital)

Guatemala

14 38 N

90 31 W

Guine-Bissau (local name for Guinea-Bissau)

Guinea-Bissau

12 00 N

15 00 W

Guinea Ecuatorial (local name for Equatorial Guinea)

Equatorial Guinea

2 00 N

10 00 E

Guinea, Gulf of

Atlantic Ocean

3 00 N

2 30 E

Guinee (local name for Guinea)

Guinea

11 00 N

10 00 W

Guyane Francaise (local name for French Guiana)

French Guiana

4 00 N

53 00 W

Ha'apai Group (island group)

Tonga

19 42 S

174 29 W

Habomai Islands

Russia (de facto)

43 30 N

146 10 E

Hadhramaut (region)

Yemen

15 00 N

50 00 E

Hagatna (capital; formerly Agana)

Guam

13 28 N

144 45 E

Hague, The (seat of government)

Netherlands

52 05 N

4 18 E

Haifa (city)

Israel

32 50 N

35 00 E

Hainan Dao (island)

China

19 00 N

109 30 E

Haiphong (city)

Vietnam

20 52 N

106 41 E

Hala'ib Triangle (region)

Egypt (claimed), Sudan (de facto)

22 30 N

35 00 E

Halifax (city)

Canada

44 39 N

63 36 W

Halmahera (island)

Indonesia

1 00 N

128 00 E

Halmahera Sea

Pacific Ocean

0 30 S

129 00 E

Hamburg (city)

Germany

53 34 N

9 59 E

Hamilton (capital)

Bermuda

32 17 N

64 46 W

Han-guk (local name for South Korea

South Korea

37 00 N

127 30 E

Hanoi (capital)

Vietnam

21 02 N

105 51 E

Harare (capital)

Zimbabwe

17 50 S

31 03 E

Harvey Islands (former name for Cook Islands)

Cook Islands

21 14 S

159 46 W

Hatay (province)

Turkey

36 30 N

36 15 E

Havana (capital)

Cuba

23 08 N

82 22 W

Hawaii (island)

United States

19 45 N

155 45 W

Hawaiian Islands

United States

21 00 N

157 45 W

Hawar (island)

Bahrain

25 40 N

50 47 E

Hayastan (local name for Armenia)

Armenia

40 00 N

45 00 E

Heard Island

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

53 06 S

73 30 E

Hejaz (region)

Saudi Arabia

24 30 N

38 30 E

Helsinki (capital)

Finland

60 10 N

24 58 E

Herzegovina (political region)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

44 00 N

18 00 E

Hiiumaa (island)

Estonia

58 50 N

22 30 E

Hispaniola (island)

Dominican Republic, Haiti

18 45 N

71 00 W

Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon)

Vietnam

10 45 N

106 40 E

Hokkaido (island)

Japan

44 00 N

143 00 E

Holland (region)

Netherlands

52 30 N

5 45 E

Hong Kong (special administrative region)

Hong Kong

22 15 N

114 10 E

Honiara (capital)

Solomon Islands

9 26 S

159 57 E

Honshu (island)

Japan

36 00 N

138 00 E

Hormuz, Strait of

Indian Ocean

26 34 N

56 15 E

Horn of Africa (region)

Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia

8 00 N

48 00 E

Horn, Cape (Cabo de Hornos)

Chile

55 59 S

67 16 W

Horne, Iles de (island group)

Wallis and Futuna

14 19 S

178 05 W

Hrvatska (local name for Croatia)

Croatia

45 10 N

15 30 E

Hudson Bay

Arctic Ocean

60 00 N

86 00 W

Hudson Strait

Arctic Ocean

62 00 N

71 00 W

Hunter Island

New Caledonia, Vanuatu

22 24 S

172 06 E

Iberian Peninsula

Portugal, Spain

40 00 N

5 00 W

Iceland Sea

Arctic Ocean

68 00 N

20 00 W

Ifni (region; former name of part of Spanish West Africa)

Morocco

29 22 N

10 09 W

Inaccessible Island

Saint Helena

37 17 S

12 40 W

Indochina (region)

Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam

15 00 N

107 00 E

Ingushetia (region)

Russia

43 15 N

45 00 E

Inhambane (region)

Mozambique

22 30 S

34 30 E

Inini (former name for French Guiana)

French Guiana

4 00 N

53 00 W

Inland Sea

Japan

34 20 N

133 30 E

Inner Hebrides (islands)

United Kingdom

56 30 N

6 20 W

Inner Mongolia (region; also Nei Mongol)

China

42 00 N

113 00 E

Ionian Islands

Greece

38 30 N

20 30 E

Ionian Sea

Atlantic Ocean

38 30 N

18 00 E

Irian Jaya (province)

Indonesia

5 00 S

138 00 E

Irish Sea

Atlantic Ocean

53 30 N

5 20 W

Iron Gate (river gorge)

Romania, Serbia and Montenegro

44 41 N

22 31 E

Iskenderun (region; formerly Alexandretta)

Turkey

36 34 N

36 08 E

Islamabad (capital)

Pakistan

33 42 N

73 10 E

Island (local name for Iceland)

Iceland

65 00 N

18 00 W

Islas Malvinas (island group)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

51 45 S

59 00 W

Istanbul (city)

Turkey

41 01 N

28 58 E

Istrian Peninsula

Croatia, Slovenia

45 00 N

14 00 E

Italia (local name for Italy)

Italy

42 50 N

12 50 E

Italian East Africa (former name for Italian possessions in eastern Africa)

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia

8 00 N

38 00 E

Italian Somaliland (former name for southern Somalia)

Somalia

10 00 N

49 00 E

Ittihad al-Imarat al-Arabiyah (local name for the United Arab Emirates)

United Arab Emirates

24 00 N

54 00 E

Iturup (island; see Etorofu)

Russia (de facto)

44 55 N

147 40 E

Ityop'iya (local name for Ethiopia)

Ethiopia

8 00 N

38 00 E

Ivory Coast (former name for Cote d'Ivoire)

Cote d'Ivoire

8 00 N

5 00 W

Iwo Jima (island)

Japan

24 47 N

141 20 E

Izmir (region)

Turkey

38 25 N

27 10 E

Jakarta (capital)

Indonesia

6 10 S

106 48 E

James Bay

Arctic Ocean

54 00 N

80 00 W

Jamestown (capital)

Saint Helena

15 56 S

5 44 W

Jammu (city)

India

32 42 N

74 52 E

Jammu and Kashmir (region)

India, Pakistan

34 00 N

76 00 E

Japan, Sea of

Pacific Ocean

40 00 N

135 00 E

Jars, Plain of

Laos

19 27 N

103 10 E

Java (island)

Indonesia

7 30 S

110 00 E

Java Sea

Pacific Ocean

5 00 S

110 00 E

Jerusalem (capital, proclaimed)

Israel, West Bank

31 47 N

35 14 E

Jiddah, Jeddah (city)

Saudi Arabia

21 30 N

39 12 E

Johannesburg (city)

South Africa

26 15 S

28 00 E

Joseph Bonaparte Gulf

Pacific Ocean

14 00 S

128 45 E

Juan Fernandez, Islas de (island group)

Chile

33 00 S

80 00 W

Juan de Fuca, Strait of

Pacific Ocean

48 18 N

124 00 W

Jubal, Strait of

Indian Ocean

27 40 N

33 55 E

Judaea (region)

Israel, West Bank

31 35 N

35 00 E

Jugoslavia, Jugoslavija (local names for Yugoslavia, a former Balkan federation)

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia

43 00 N

21 00 E

Jutland (region)

Denmark

56 00 N

9 15 E

Juventud, Isla de la (Isle of Youth)

Cuba

21 40 N

82 50 W

Kabardino-Balkaria (region)

Russia

43 30 N

43 30 E

Kabul (capital)

Afghanistan

34 31 N

69 12 E

Kaduna (city)

Nigeria

10 33 N

7 27 E

Kailas Range

China, India

30 00 N

82 00 E

Kalaallit Nunaat (local name for Greenland)

Greenland

72 00 N

40 00 W

Kalahari (desert)

Botswana, Namibia

24 30 S

21 00 E

Kalimantan (region)

Indonesia

0 00 N

115 00 E

Kaliningrad (region; formerly part of East Prussia)

Russia

54 30 N

21 00 E

Kamaran (island)

Yemen

15 21 N

42 34 E

Kamchatka Peninsula (Poluostrov Kamchatka)

Russia

56 00 N

160 00 E

Kampala (capital)

Uganda

0 19 N

32 25 E

Kampuchea (former name for Cambodia)

Cambodia

13 00 N

105 00 E

Kane Basin (portion of channel)

Arctic Ocean

79 30 N

68 00 W

Kanton Island

Kiribati

2 49 S

171 40 W

Kara Sea

Arctic Ocean

76 00 N

80 00 E

Karachevo-Cherkessia (region)

Russia

43 40 N

41 50 E

Karachi (city)

Pakistan

24 51 N

67 03 E

Karafuto (island; former name for southern Sakhalin Island)

Russia

50 00 N

143 00 E

Karakoram Pass

China, India

35 30 N

77 50 E

Karelia, Kareliya (region)

Finland, Russia

63 15 N

30 48 E

Karelian Isthmus

Russia

60 25 N

30 00 E

Karimata Strait

Pacific Ocean

2 05 S

108 40 E

Kashmir (region)

India, Pakistan

34 00 N

76 00 E

Katanga (region)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

10 00 S

26 00 E

Kathmandu (capital)

Nepal

27 43 N

85 19 E

Kattegat (strait)

Atlantic Ocean

57 00 N

11 00 E

Kauai Channel

Pacific Ocean

21 45 N

158 50 W

Kazakstan (former name for Kazakhstan)

Kazakhstan

48 00 N

68 00 E

Keeling Islands

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

12 30 S

96 50 E

Kerguelen, Iles (island group)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

49 30 S

69 30 E

Kermadec Islands

New Zealand

29 50 S

178 15 W

Kerulen River

China, Mongolia

48 48 N

117 00 E

Khabarovsk (city)

Russia

48 27 N

135 06 E

Khanka, Lake

China, Russia

45 00 N

132 24 E

Khartoum (capital)

Sudan

15 36 N

32 32 E

Khios (island)

Greece

38 22 N

26 04 E

Khmer Republic (former name for Cambodia)

Cambodia

13 00 N

105 00 E

Khuriya Muriya Islands (Kuria Muria Islands)

Oman

17 30 N

56 00 E

Khyber Pass

Afghanistan, Pakistan

34 05 N

71 10 E

Kibris (Turkish local name for Cyprus)

Cyprus

35 00 N

33 00 E

Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee Kanal)

Atlantic Ocean

53 53 N

9 08 E

Kiev (capital)

Ukraine

50 26 N

30 31 E

Kigali (capital)

Rwanda

1 57 S

30 04 E

Kingston (capital)

Jamaica

18 00 N

76 48 W

Kingston (capital)

Norfolk Island

29 03 S

167 58 E

Kingstown (capital)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

13 09 N

61 14 W

Kinshasa (capital)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

4 18 S

15 18 E

Kipros (Greek local name for Cyprus)

Cyprus

35 00 N

33 00 E

Kirghiziya, Kirgizia (former name for Kyrgyzstan)

Kyrgyzstan

41 00 N

75 00 E

Kirguizstan (local name for Kyrgyzstan)

Kyrgyzstan

41 00 N

75 00 E

Kiritimati (Christmas Island)

Kiribati

1 52 N

157 20 W

Kishinev (see Chisinau)

Moldova

47 00 N

28 50 E

Kithira Strait

Atlantic Ocean

36 00 N

23 00 E

Kobe (city)

Japan

34 41 N

135 10 E

Kodiak Island

United States

57 49 N

152 23 W

Kola Peninsula (Kol'skiy Poluostrov)

Russia

67 20 N

37 00 E

Kolonia (town; former capital; changed to Palikir)

Federated States of Micronesia

6 58 N

158 13 E

Korea Bay

Pacific Ocean

39 00 N

124 00 E

Korea Strait

Pacific Ocean

34 00 N

129 00 E

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

North Korea

40 00 N

127 00 E

Korea, Republic of

South Korea

37 00 N

127 30 E

Koror (capital)

Palau

7 20 N

134 29 E

Kosovo (region)

Serbia

42 30 N

21 00 E

Kosrae (island)

Federated States of Micronesia

5 20 N

163 00 E

Kowloon (city)

Hong Kong

22 18 N

114 10 E

Kra, Isthmus of

Burma, Thailand

10 20 N

99 00 E

Krakatoa (volcano)

Indonesia

6 07 S

105 24 E

Krakow (city)

Poland

50 03 N

19 56 E

Kuala Lumpur (capital)

Malaysia

3 10 N

101 42 E

Kunashiri (island; also Kunashir)

Russia (de facto)

44 20 N

146 00 E

Kunlun Mountains

China

36 00 N

84 00 E

Kuril Islands

Russia (de facto)

46 10 N

152 00 E

Kuwait (capital)

Kuwait

29 20 N

47 59 E

Kuznetsk Basin

Russia

54 00 N

86 00 E

Kwajalein Atoll

Marshall Islands

9 05 N

167 20 E

Kyiv, Kyyiv (see Kiev)

Ukraine

50 26 N

30 31 E

Kyushu (island)

Japan

33 00 N

131 00 E

La Paz (administrative capital)

Bolivia

16 30 S

68 09 W

La Perouse Strait

Pacific Ocean

45 45 N

142 00 E

Labrador (peninsula, region)

Canada

54 00 N

62 00 W

Labrador Sea

Atlantic Ocean

60 00 N

55 00 W

Laccadive Islands

India

10 00 N

73 00 E

Laccadive Sea

Indian Ocean

7 00 N

76 00 E

Lagos (former capital)

Nigeria

6 27 N

3 24 E

Lahore (city)

Pakistan

31 33 N

74 23 E

Lake Erie

Atlantic Ocean

42 30 N

81 00 W

Lake Huron

Atlantic Ocean

45 00 N

83 00 W

Lake Michigan

Atlantic Ocean

43 30 N

87 30 W

Lake Ontario

Atlantic Ocean

43 30 N

78 00 W

Lake Superior

Atlantic Ocean

48 00 N

88 00 W

Lakshadweep (Laccadive Islands)

India

10 00 N

73 00 E

Lantau Island

Hong Kong

22 15 N

113 55 E

Lao (local name for Laos)

Laos

18 00 N

105 00 E

Laptev Sea

Arctic Ocean

76 00 N

126 00 E

Las Palmas (city)

Spain (Canary Islands)

28 06 N

15 24 W

Latakia (region)

Syria

36 00 N

35 50 E

Latvija (local name for Latvia)

Latvia

57 00 N

25 00 E

Lau Group (island group)

Fiji

18 20 S

178 30 E

Lefkosa (see Nicosia)

Cyprus

35 10 N

33 22 E

Leipzig (city)

Germany

51 21 N

12 23 E

Lemnos (island)

Greece

39 54 N

25 21 E

Leningrad (city; former name for Saint Petersburg)

Russia

59 55 N

30 15 E

Lesser Sunda Islands

Indonesia

9 00 S

120 00 E

Lesvos (island)

Greece

39 15 N

26 15 E

Leyte (island)

Philippines

10 50 N

124 50 E

Liancourt Rocks (claimed by Japan)

South Korea

37 15 N

131 50 E

Liaodong Wan (gulf)

Pacific Ocean

40 30 N

121 20 E

Liban (local name for Lebanon)

Lebanon

33 50 N

36 50 E

Libreville (capital)

Gabon

0 23 N

9 27 E

Lietuva (local name for Lithuania)

Lithuania

56 00 N

24 00 E

Ligurian Sea

Atlantic Ocean

43 30 N

9 00 E

Lilongwe (capital)

Malawi

13 59 S

33 44 E

Lima (capital)

Peru

12 03 S

77 03 W

Lincoln Sea

Arctic Ocean

83 00 N

56 00 W

Line Islands

Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef, Kiribati, Palmyra Atoll

0 05 N

157 00 W

Lion, Gulf of

Atlantic Ocean

43 20 N

4 00 E

Lisbon (capital)

Portugal

38 43 N

9 08 W

Little Belt (strait; also Lille Baelt)

Atlantic Ocean

55 05 N

9 55 E

Ljubljana (capital)

Slovenia

46 03 N

14 31 E

Llanos (region)

Venezuela

8 00 N

68 00 W

Lobamba (city)

Swaziland

26 27 S

31 12 E

Lombok (island)

Indonesia

8 28 S

116 40 E

Lombok Strait

Indian Ocean

8 30 S

115 50 E

Lome (capital)

Togo

6 08 N

1 13 E

London (capital)

United Kingdom

51 30 N

0 10 W

Longyearbyen (capital)

Svalbard

78 13 N

15 33 E

Lord Howe Island

Australia

31 30 S

159 00 E

Lorraine (region)

France

48 42 N

6 11 E

Louisiade Archipelago

Papua New Guinea

11 00 S

153 00 E

Lourenco Marques (city; former name for Maputo)

Mozambique

25 56 S

32 34 E

Loyalty Islands (Iles Loyaute)

New Caledonia

21 00 S

167 00 E

Luanda (capital)

Angola

8 48 S

13 14 E

Lubnan (local name for Lebanon)

Lebanon

33 50 N

36 50 E

Lubumbashi (city)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

11 40 S

27 28 E

Lusaka (capital)

Zambia

15 25 S

28 17 E

Luxembourg (capital)

Luxembourg

49 45 N

6 10 E

Luzon (island)

Philippines

16 00 N

121 00 E

Luzon Strait

Pacific Ocean

20 30 N

121 00 E

Lyakhov Islands

Russia

73 45 N

138 00 E

Macao

Macau

22 10 N

113 33 E

Macau (special administrative region)

China

22 10 N

113 33 E

Macquarie Island

Australia

54 36 S

158 54 E

Madagasikara (local name for Madagascar)

Madagascar

20 00 S

47 00 E

Maddalena, Isola

Italy

41 13 N

09 24 E

Madeira Islands

Portugal

32 40 N

16 45 W

Madras (city; see Chennai)

India

13 04 N

80 16 E

Madrid (capital)

Spain

40 24 N

3 41 W

Magellan, Strait of

Atlantic Ocean

54 00 S

71 00 W

Maghreb (region)

Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia

34 00 N

3 00 E

Magreb (local name for Morocco)

Morocco

32 00 N

5 00 W

Magyarorszag (local name for Hungary)

Hungary

47 00 N

20 00 E

Mahe Island

Seychelles

4 41 S

55 30 E

Maiz, Islas del (Corn Islands)

Nicaragua

12 15 N

83 00 W

Majorca Island (Isla de Mallorca)

Spain

39 30 N

3 00 E

Majuro (capital)

Marshall Islands

7 05 N

171 08 E

Makassar Strait

Pacific Ocean

2 00 S

117 30 E

Makedonija (local name for Macedonia)

Macedonia

41 50 N

22 00 E

Malabo (capital)

Equatorial Guinea

3 45 N

8 47 E

Malacca, Strait of

Indian Ocean

2 30 N

101 20 E

Malagasy Republic

Madagascar

20 00 S

47 00 E

Malay Archipelago

Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines

2 30 N

120 00 E

Malay Peninsula

Malaysia, Thailand

7 10 N

100 35 E

Male (capital)

Maldives

4 10 N

73 31 E

Mallorca, Isla de (island; also Majorca)

Spain

39 30 N

3 00 E

Malmady (region)

Belgium

50 26 N

6 02 E

Malpelo, Isla de (island)

Colombia

4 00 N

90 30 W

Malta Channel

Atlantic Ocean

56 44 N

26 53 E

Malvinas, Islas (island group)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

51 45 S

59 00 W

Mamoutzou (capital)

Mayotte

12 47 S

45 14 E

Managua (capital)

Nicaragua

12 09 N

86 17 W

Manama (capital)

Bahrain

26 13 N

50 35 E

Manchukuo (former state)

China

44 00 N

124 00 E

Manchuria (region)

China

44 00 N

124 00 E

Manila (capital)

Philippines

14 35 N

121 00 E

Manipa Strait

Pacific Ocean

3 20 S

127 23 E

Mannar, Gulf of

Indian Ocean

8 30 N

79 00 E

Manua Islands

American Samoa

14 13 S

169 35 W

Maputo (capital)

Mozambique

25 58 S

32 35 E

Marcus Island (Minami-tori-shima)

Japan

24 16 N

154 00 E

Margarita, Isla (island)

Venezuela

10 00 N

64 00 W

Mariana Islands

Guam, Northern Mariana Islands

16 00 N

145 30 E

Marie Byrd Land (region)

Antarctica

77 00 S

130 00 W

Marion Island

South Africa

46 51 S

37 52 E

Marmara, Sea of

Atlantic Ocean

40 40 N

28 15 E

Marquesas Islands (Iles Marquises)

French Polynesia

9 00 S

139 30 W

Marseille (city)

France

43 18 N

5 23 E

Martin Vaz, Ilhas (island group)

Brazil

20 30 S

28 51 W

Mas a Tierra (Robinson Crusoe Island)

Chile

33 38 S

78 52 W

Mascarene Islands

Mauritius, Reunion

21 00 S

57 00 E

Maseru (capital)

Lesotho

29 28 S

27 30 E

Mata-Utu (capital)

Wallis and Futuna

13 57 S

171 56 W

Matsu (island)

Taiwan

26 13 N

119 56 E

Matthew Island

New Caledonia, Vanuatu

22 20 S

171 20 E

Mauritanie (local name for Mauritania)

Mauritania

20 00 N

12 00 W

Mazatlan (city)

Mexico

23 13 N

106 25 W

Mbabane (capital)

Swaziland

26 18 S

31 06 E

McDonald Islands

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

53 06 S

73 30 E

Mecca (city)

Saudi Arabia

21 27 N

39 49 E

Mediterranean Sea

Atlantic Ocean

36 00 N

15 00 E

Melbourne (city)

Australia

37 49 S

144 58 E

Melilla (exclave)

Spain

35 19 N

2 58 W

Memel (region)

Lithuania

55 43 N

21 30 E

Mesopotamia (region)

Iraq

33 00 N

44 00 E

Messina, Strait of

Atlantic Ocean

38 15 N

15 35 E

Mexico City (capital)

Mexico

19 24 N

99 09 W

Mexico, Gulf of

Atlantic Ocean

25 00 N

90 00 W

Middle Congo (former name for Republic of the Congo)

Republic of the Congo

1 00 S

15 00 E

Milan (city)

Italy

45 28 N

9 11 E

Milwaukee Deep (Puerto Rico Trench)

Atlantic Ocean

19 55 N

65 27 W

Minami-tori-shima (Marcus Island)

Japan

24 16 N

154 00 E

Mindanao (island)

Philippines

8 00 N

125 00 E

Mindanao Sea

Pacific Ocean

9 15 N

124 30 E

Mindoro (island)

Philippines

12 50 N

121 05 E

Mindoro Strait

Pacific Ocean

12 20 N

120 40 E

Mingrelia (region)

Georgia

42 30 N

41 52 E

Minicoy Island

India

8 17 N

73 02 E

Minorca Island (Isla de Menorca)

Spain

40 00 N

4 00 E

Minsk (capital)

Belarus

53 54 N

27 34 E

Misr (local name for Egypt)

Egypt

27 00 N

30 00 E

Mitla Pass

Egypt

30 02 N

32 54 E

Mocambique (local name for Mozambique)

Mozambique

18 15 S

35 00 E

Mogadishu (capital)

Somalia

2 04 N

45 22 E

Moldavia (region)

Moldova, Romania

47 00 N

29 00 E

Molucca Sea

Pacific Ocean

2 00 N

127 00 E

Moluccas (Spice Islands)

Indonesia

2 00 S

128 00 E

Mombasa (city)

Kenya

4 03 S

39 40 E

Mona Passage

Atlantic Ocean

18 30 N

67 45 W

Monaco (capital)

Monaco

43 44 N

7 25 E

Mongol Uls (local name for Mongolia)

Mongolia

46 00 N

105 00 E

Monrovia (capital)

Liberia

6 18 N

10 47 W

Monterrey (city)

Mexico

25 40 N

100 19 W

Montevideo (capital)

Uruguay

34 53 S

56 11 W

Montreal (city)

Canada

45 31 N

73 34 W

Moravia (region)

Czech Republic

49 30 N

17 00 E

Moravian Gate (pass)

Czech Republic

49 35 N

17 50 E

Moroni (capital)

Comoros

11 41 S

43 16 E

Mortlock Islands (Nomoi Islands)

Federated States of Micronesia

5 30 N

153 40 E

Moscow (capital)

Russia

55 45 N

37 35 E

Mount Pinatubo (volcano)

Philippines

15 08 N

120 21 E

Mozambique Channel

Indian Ocean

19 00 S

41 00 E

Mumbai (city; also Bombay)

India

18 58 N

72 50 E

Munich, Muenchen (city)

Germany

48 08 N

11 35 E

Muritaniyah (local name for Mauritania)

Mauritania

20 00 N

12 00 W

Musandam Peninsula

Oman, United Arab Emirates

26 18 N

56 24 E

Muscat (capital)

Oman

23 37 N

58 35 E

Muscat and Oman (former name for Oman)

Oman

21 00 N

57 00 E

Myanma, Myanmar

Burma

22 00 N

98 00 E

N'Djamena (capital)

Chad

12 07 N

15 03 E

Nagorno-Karabakh (region)

Azerbaijan

40 00 N

46 40 E

Nairobi (capital)

Kenya

1 17 S

36 49 E

Namib (desert)

Namibia

24 00 S

15 00 E

Nampo-shoto (island group)

Japan

30 00 N

140 00 E

Nan Madol (ruins)

Federated States of Micronesia

6 85 N

158 35 E

Naples (city)

Italy

40 51 N

14 15 E

Nassau (capital)

The Bahamas

25 05 N

77 21 W

Natal (region)

South Africa

29 00 S

30 25 E

Natuna Besar Islands

Indonesia

3 30 N

102 30 E

Natuna Sea

Pacific Ocean

3 30 N

108 00 E

Naxcivan (region)

Azerbaijan

39 20 N

45 20 E

Naxos (island)

Greece

37 05 N

25 30 E

Nederland (local name for the Netherlands)

Netherlands

52 30 N

5 45 E

Nederlandse Antillen (local name for the Netherlands Antilles)

Netherlands Antilles

12 15 N

68 45 W

Negev (region)

Israel

30 30 N

34 55 E

Negros (island)

Philippines

10 00 N

123 00 E

Nejd (region)

Saudi Arabia

24 05 N

45 15 E

Netherlands East Indies (former name for Indonesia)

Indonesia

5 00 S

120 00 E

Netherlands Guiana (former name for Suriname)

Suriname

4 00 N

56 00 W

Nevis (island)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

17 09 N

62 35 W

New Britain (island)

Papua New Guinea

6 00 S

150 00 E

New Delhi (capital)

India

28 36 N

77 12 E

New Guinea (island)

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea

5 00 S

140 00 E

New Hebrides (island group)

Vanuatu

16 00 S

167 00 E

New Ireland (island)

Papua New Guinea

3 20 N

152 00 E

New Siberian Islands

Russia

75 00 N

142 00 E

New Territories (mainland region)

Hong Kong

22 24 N

114 10 E

Newfoundland (island, with mainland area, and a province)

Canada

52 00 N

56 00 W

Niamey (capital)

Niger

13 31 N

2 07 E

Nicobar Islands

India

8 00 N

93 30 E

Nicosia (capital; also Lefkosia)

Cyprus

35 10 N

33 22 E

Nightingale Island

Saint Helena

37 25 S

12 30 W

Nihon, Nippon (local name for Japan)

Japan

36 00 N

138 00 E

Nomoi Islands (Mortlock Islands)

Federated States of Micronesia

5 30 N

153 40 E

Norge (local name for Norway)

Norway

62 00 N

10 00 E

Norman Isles (Channel Islands)

Guernsey, Jersey

49 20 N

2 20 W

North Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

30 00 N

45 00 W

North Channel

Atlantic Ocean

55 10 N

5 40 W

North Frisian Islands

Denmark, Germany

54 50 N

8 12 E

North Greenland Sea

Arctic Ocean

78 00 N

5 00 W

North Island

New Zealand

39 00 S

176 00 E

North Ossetia (region)

Russia

43 00 N

44 10 E

North Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

30 00 N

165 00 W

North Sea

Atlantic Ocean

56 00 N

4 00 E

North Vietnam (former name for northern portion of Vietnam)

Vietnam

23 00 N

106 00 E

North Yemen (Yemen Arab Republic; now part of Yemen)

Yemen

15 00 N

44 00 E

Northeast Providence Channel

Atlantic Ocean

25 40 N

77 09 W

Northern Areas

Pakistan

36 0 N

75 0 E

Northern Cyprus (region)

Cyprus

35 15 N

33 44 E

Northern Epirus (region)

Albania, Greece

40 00 N

20 30 E

Northern Grenadines (political region)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

12 45 N

61 15 W

Northern Ireland

United Kingdom

54 40 N

6 45 W

Northern Rhodesia (former name for Zambia)

Zambia

15 00 S

30 00 E

Northwest Passages

Arctic Ocean

74 40 N

100 00 W

Norwegian Sea

Atlantic Ocean

66 00 N

6 00 E

Nouakchott (capital)

Mauritania

18 06 N

15 57 W

Noumea (capital)

New Caledonia

22 16 S

166 27 E

Nouvelle-Caledonie (local name for New Caledonia)

New Caledonia

21 30 S

165 30 E

Nouvelles Hebrides (former name for Vanuatu)

Vanuatu

16 00 S

167 00 E

Novaya Zemlya (islands)

Russia

74 00 N

57 00 E

Nubia (region)

Egypt, Sudan

20 30 N

33 00 E

Nuku'alofa (capital)

Tonga

21 08 S

175 12 W

Nunavut (region)

Canada

72 00 N

90 00 W

Nuuk (capital; also Godthab)

Greenland

64 11 N

51 44 W

Nyasaland (former name for Malawi)

Malawi

13 30 S

34 00 E

Nyassa (region)

Mozambique

13 30 S

37 00 E

Oahu (island)

United States (Hawaii)

21 30 N

158 00 W

Ocean Island (Banaba)

Kiribati

0 52 S

169 35 E

Ocean Island (Kure Island)

United States

28 25 N

178 20 W

Oesterreich (local name for Austria)

Austria

47 20 N

13 20 E

Ogaden (region)

Ethiopia, Somalia

7 00 N

46 00 E

Oil Islands (Chagos Archipelago)

British Indian Ocean Territory

6 00 S

71 30 E

Okhotsk, Sea of

Pacific Ocean

53 00 N

150 00 E

Okinawa (island group)

Japan

26 30 N

128 00 E

Oland (island)

Sweden

56 45 N

16 40 E

Oman, Gulf of

Indian Ocean

24 30 N

58 30 E

Ombai Strait

Pacific Ocean

8 30 S

125 00 E

Oran (city)

Algeria

35 43 N

0 43 W

Orange River Colony (region; former name of Free State Province of South Africa)

South Africa

28 20 S

26 40 E

Oranjestad (capital)

Aruba

12 33 N

70 06 W

Oresund (The Sound) (strait)

Atlantic Ocean

55 50 N

12 40 E

Orkney Islands

United Kingdom

59 00 N

3 00 W

Osaka (city)

Japan

34 42 N

135 30 E

Oslo (capital)

Norway

59 55 N

10 45 E

Osumi Strait (Van Diemen Strait)

Pacific Ocean

31 00 N

131 00 E

Otranto, Strait of

Atlantic Ocean

40 00 N

19 00 E

Ottawa (capital)

Canada

45 25 N

75 40 W

Ouagadougou (capital)

Burkina Faso

12 22 N

1 31 W

Outer Hebrides (islands)

United Kingdom

57 45 N

7 00 W

Outer Mongolia (region)

Mongolia

46 00 N

105 00 E

P'yongyang (capital)

North Korea

39 01 N

125 45 E

Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the (former name of a large area of the western North Pacific Ocean)

Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau

10 00 N

155 00 E

Pagan (island)

Northern Mariana Islands

18 08 N

145 47 E

Pago Pago (capital)

American Samoa

14 16 S

170 42 W

Palawan (island)

Philippines

9 30 N

118 30 E

Palermo (city)

Italy

38 07 N

13 21 E

Palestine (region)

Israel, West Bank

32 00 N

35 15 E

Palikir (capital)

Federated States of Micronesia

6 55 N

158 08 E

Palk Strait

Indian Ocean

10 00 N

79 45 E

Pamirs (mountains)

China, Tajikistan

38 00 N

73 00 E

Pampas (region)

Argentina

35 00 S

63 00 W

Panama (capital)

Panama

8 58 N

79 32 W

Panama Canal

Panama

9 00 N

79 45 W

Panama, Gulf of

Pacific Ocean

8 00 N

79 30 W

Panay (island)

Philippines

11 15 N

122 30 E

Pantelleria, Isola di (island)

Italy

36 47 N

12 00 E

Papeete (capital)

French Polynesia

17 32 S

149 34 W

Paramaribo (capital)

Suriname

5 50 N

55 10 W

Parece Vela (island)

Japan

20 20 N

136 00 E

Paris (capital)

France

48 52 N

2 20 E

Pascua, Isla de (Easter Island)

Chile

27 07 S

109 22 W

Pashtunistan (region)

Afghanistan, Pakistan

32 00 N

69 00 E

Passion, Ile de la (island)

Clipperton Island

10 17 N

109 13 W

Patagonia (region)

Argentina

48 00 S

61 00 W

Peking (see Beijing)

China

39 56 N

116 24 E

Pelagian Islands (Isole Pelagie)

Italy

35 40 N

12 40 E

Peleliu (Beliliou) (island)

Palau

7 01 N

134 15 E

Peloponnese (peninsula)

Greece

37 30 N

22 25 E

Pemba Island

Tanzania

5 20 S

39 45 E

Penang Island

Malaysia

5 23 N

100 15 E

Pentland Firth (channel)

Atlantic Ocean

58 44 N

3 13 W

Perim (island)

Yemen

12 39 N

43 25 E

Perouse Strait, La

Pacific Ocean

44 45 N

142 00 E

Persia (former name for Iran)

Iran

32 00 N

53 00 E

Persian Gulf

Indian Ocean

27 00 N

51 00 E

Perth (city)

Australia

31 56 S

115 50 E

Pescadores (islands)

Taiwan

23 30 N

119 30 E

Peshawar (city)

Pakistan

34 01 N

71 40 E

Peter I Island

Antarctica

68 48 S

90 35 W

Petrograd (city; former name for Saint Petersburg)

Russia

59 55 N

30 15 E

Philip Island

Norfolk Island

29 08 S

167 57 E

Philippine Sea

Pacific Ocean

20 00 N

134 00 E

Phnom Penh (capital)

Cambodia

11 33 N

104 55 E

Phoenix Islands

Kiribati

3 30 S

172 00 W

Pinatubo, Mount (volcano)

Philippines

15 08 N

120 21 E

Pines, Isle of (island; former name for Isla de la Juventud)

Cuba

21 40 N

82 50 W

Pleasant Island

Nauru

0 32 S

166 55 E

Plymouth (capital)

Montserrat

16 44 N

62 14 W

Podgorica (administrative capital)

Montenegro

42 26 N

19 16 E

Polska (local name)

Poland

52 00 N

20 00 E

Polynesie Francaise (local name for French Polynesia)

French Polynesia

15 00 S

140 00 W

Pomerania (region)

Germany, Poland

53 40 N

15 35 E

Ponape (Pohnpei) (island)

Federated States of Micronesia

6 55 N

158 15 E

Port Louis (capital)

Mauritius

20 10 S

57 30 E

Port Moresby (capital)

Papua New Guinea

9 30 S

147 10 E

Port-Vila (capital)

Vanuatu

17 44 S

168 19 E

Port-au-Prince (capital)

Haiti

18 32 N

72 20 W

Port-of-Spain (capital)

Trinidad and Tobago

10 39 N

61 31 W

Porto-Novo (capital)

Benin

6 29 N

2 37 E

Portuguese East Africa (former name for Mozambique)

Mozambique

18 15 S

35 00 E

Portuguese Guinea (former name for Guinea-Bissau)

Guinea-Bissau

12 00 N

15 00 W

Portuguese Timor (former name for East Timor)

East Timor

9 00 S

126 00 E

Poznan (city)

Poland

52 25 N

16 55 E

Prague (capital)

Czech Republic

40 55 N

21 00 E

Praia (capital)

Cape Verde

14 55 N

23 31 W

Prathet Thai (local name for Thailand)

Thailand

15 00 N

100 00 E

Pretoria (administrative capital)

South Africa

25 45 S

28 10 E

Prevlaka peninsula

Croatia

42 24 N

18 31 E

Pribilof Islands

United States

57 00 N

170 00 W

Prince Edward Island

Canada

46 20 N

63 20 W

Prince Edward Islands

South Africa

46 35 S

38 00 E

Prince Patrick Island

Canada

76 30 N

119 00 W

Principe (island)

Sao Tome and Principe

1 38 N

7 25 E

Prussia (region)

Germany, Poland, Russia

53 00 N

14 00 E

Pukapuka Atoll

Cook Islands

10 53 S

165 49 W

Punjab (region)

India, Pakistan

30 50 N

73 30 E

Puntland (region)

Somalia

8 21 N

49 08 E

Qazaqstan (local name for Kazakhstan)

Kazakhstan

48 00 N

68 00 E

Qita Ghazzah (local name Gaza Strip)

Gaza Strip

31 25 N

34 20 E

Quebec (city)

Canada

46 48 N

71 15 W

Queen Charlotte Islands

Canada

53 00 N

132 00 W

Queen Elizabeth Islands

Canada

78 00 N

95 00 W

Queen Maud Land (claimed by Norway)

Antarctica

73 30 S

12 00 E

Quemoy (island)

Taiwan

24 27 N

118 23 E

Quito (capital)

Ecuador

0 13 S

78 30 W

Rabat (capital)

Morocco

34 02 N

6 51 W

Ralik Chain (island group)

Marshall Islands

8 00 N

167 00 E

Rangoon (capital; also Yangon)

Burma

16 47 N

96 10 E

Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

Chile

27 07 S

109 22 W

Ratak Chain (island group)

Marshall Islands

9 00 N

171 00 E

Red Sea

Indian Ocean

20 00 N

38 00 E

Redonda (island)

Antigua and Barbuda

16 55 N

62 19 W

Republica Dominicana (local name for Dominican Republic)

Dominican Republic

19 00 N

70 40 W

Republique Centrafricain (local name for Central African Republic)

Central African Republic

7 00 N

21 00 E

Republique Francaise (local name for France)

France

46 00 N

2 00 E

Republique Gabonaise (local name for Gabon)

Gabon

1 00 S

11 45 E

Republique Rwandaise (local name for Rwanda)

Rwanda

2 00 S

30 00 E

Republique Togolaise (local name for Togo)

Togo

8 00 N

1 10 E

Revillagigedo Island

United States (Alaska)

55 35 N

131 06 W

Revillagigedo Islands

Mexico

19 00 N

112 45 W

Reykjavik (capital)

Iceland

64 09 N

21 57 W

Rhodes (island)

Greece

36 10 N

28 00 E

Rhodesia, Northern (former name for Zambia)

Zambia

15 00 S

30 00 E

Rhodesia, Southern (former name for Zimbabwe)

Zimbabwe

20 00 S

30 00 E

Riga (capital)

Latvia

56 57 N

24 06 E

Riga, Gulf of

Atlantic Ocean

57 30 N

23 30 E

Rio Muni (mainland region)

Equatorial Guinea

1 30 N

10 00 E

Rio de Janiero (city)

Brazil

22 55 S

43 17 W

Rio de Oro (region)

Western Sahara

23 45 N

15 45 W

Rio de la Plata (gulf)

Atlantic Ocean

35 00 S

59 00 W

Riyadh (capital)

Saudi Arabia

24 38 N

46 43 E

Road Town (capital)

British Virgin Islands

18 27 N

64 37 W

Robinson Crusoe Island (Mas a Tierra)

Chile

33 38 S

78 52 W

Rocas, Atol das (island)

Brazil

3 51 S

33 49 W

Rockall (island)

United Kingdom

57 35 N

13 48 W

Rodrigues (island)

Mauritius

19 42 S

63 25 E

Rome (capital)

Italy

41 54 N

12 29 E

Roncador Cay (island)

Colombia

13 32 N

80 03 W

Roosevelt Island

Antarctica

79 30 S

162 00 W

Roseau (capital)

Dominica

15 18 N

61 24 W

Ross Dependency (claimed by New Zealand)

Antarctica

80 00 S

180 00 E

Ross Island

Antarctica

81 30 S

175 00 W

Ross Sea

Antarctica, Southern Ocean

76 00 S

175 00 W

Rossiya (local name for Russia)

Russia

60 00 N

100 00 E

Rota (island)

Northern Mariana Islands

14 10 N

145 12 E

Rotuma (island)

Fiji

12 30 S

177 05 E

Ruanda (former name for Rwanda)

Rwanda

2 00 S

30 00 E

Rub al Khali (desert)

Saudi Arabia

19 30 N

49 00 E

Rumelia (region)

Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia

42 00 N

22 30 E

Ruthenia (region; former name for Carpatho-Ukraine)

Ukraine

48 22 N

23 32 E

Ryukyu Islands

Japan

26 30 N

128 00 E

Saar (region)

Germany

49 25 N

7 00 E

Saaremaa (island)

Estonia

58 25 N

22 30 E

Saba (island)

Netherlands Antilles

17 38 N

63 10 W

Sabah (state)

Malaysia

5 20 N

117 10 E

Sable Island

Canada

43 55 N

59 50 W

Safety Islands (Iles du Salut)

French Guiana

5 20 N

52 37 W

Sahara Occidental (former name for Western Sahara)

Western Sahara

24 30 N

13 00 W

Sahel (region)

Burkina Faso, Chad, The Gambia, Guinea- Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal

15 00 N

8 00 W

Saigon (city; former name for Ho Chi Minh City)

Vietnam

10 45 N

106 40 E

Saint Barthelemy (island; also Saint Bart's)

Guadeloupe

17 55 N

62 52 W

Saint Brandon (Cargados Carajos Shoals)

Mauritius

16 25 S

59 38 E

Saint Christopher (island)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

17 20 N

62 45 W

Saint Christopher and Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis

17 20 N

62 45 W

Saint Eustatius (island)

Netherlands Antilles

17 30 N

63 00 W

Saint George's (capital)

Grenada

12 03 N

61 45 W

Saint George's Channel

Atlantic Ocean

52 00 N

6 00 W

Saint Helena Island

Saint Helena

15 57 S

5 42 W

Saint Helens, Mount (volcano)

United States

46 15 N

122 12 W

Saint Helier (capital)

Jersey

49 12 N

2 07 W

Saint John (city)

Canada (New Brunswick)

45 16 N

66 04 W

Saint John's (capital)

Antigua and Barbuda

17 06 N

61 51 W

Saint Lawrence Island

United States

49 30 N

67 00 W

Saint Lawrence Seaway

Atlantic Ocean

49 15 N

67 00 W

Saint Lawrence, Gulf of

Atlantic Ocean

48 00 N

62 00 W

Saint Paul Island

Canada

47 12 N

60 09 W

Saint Paul Island

United States

57 11 N

170 16 W

Saint Paul Island (Ile Saint-Paul)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

38 43 S

77 29 E

Saint Peter Port (capital)

Guernsey

49 27 N

2 32 W

Saint Peter and Saint Paul Rocks (Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo)

Brazil

0 23 N

29 23 W

Saint Petersburg (city; former capital)

Russia

59 55 N

30 15 E

Saint Thomas (island)

Virgin Islands

18 21 N

64 55 W

Saint Vincent Passage

Atlantic Ocean

13 30 N

61 00 W

Saint-Denis (capital)

Reunion

20 52 S

55 28 E

Saint-Martin (island; also Sint Maarten)

Guadeloupe

18 04 N

63 04 W

Saint-Pierre (capital)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

46 46 N

56 11 W

Saipan (island)

Northern Mariana Islands

15 12 N

145 45 E

Sak'art'velo (local name for Georgia)

Georgia

42 00 N

43 30 E

Sakhalin Island (Ostrov Sakhalin)

Russia

51 00 N

143 00 E

Sakishima Islands

Japan

24 30 N

124 00 E

Sala y Gomez, Isla (island)

Chile

26 28 S

105 00 W

Salisbury (city; former name for Harare)

Zimbabwe

17 50 S

105 00 W

Salzburg (city)

Austria

47 48 N

13 02 E

Samar (island)

Philippines

12 00 N

125 00 E

Samaria (region)

West Bank

32 15 N

35 10 E

Samoa Islands

American Samoa, Samoa

14 00 S

171 00 W

Samos (island)

Greece

37 48 N

26 44 E

San Ambrosio, Isla (island)

Chile

26 21 S

79 52 W

San Andres y Providencia, Archipielago (island group)

Colombia

13 00 N

81 30 W

San Bernardino Strait

Pacific Ocean

12 32 N

124 10 E

San Felix, Isla (island)

Chile

26 17 S

80 05 W

San Jose (capital)

Costa Rica

9 56 N

84 05 W

San Juan (capital)

Puerto Rico

18 28 N

66 07 W

San Marino (capital)

San Marino

43 56 N

12 25 E

San Salvador (capital)

El Salvador

13 42 N

89 12 W

Sanaa (capital)

Yemen

15 21 N

44 12 E

Sandzak (region)

Montenegro, Serbia

43 05 N

19 45 E

Santa Cruz (city)

Bolivia

17 48 S

63 10 W

Santa Cruz Islands

Solomon Islands

11 00 S

166 15 E

Santa Sede (local name for the Holy See)

Holy See

41 54 N

12 27 E

Santiago (capital)

Chile

33 27 S

70 40 W

Santo Antao (island)

Cape Verde

17 05 N

25 10 W

Santo Domingo (capital)

Dominican Republic

18 28 N

69 54 W

Sao Paulo (city)

Brazil

23 35 S

46 43 W

Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo, Penedos de (rocks)

Brazil

0 23 N

29 23 W

Sao Tiago (island)

Cape Verde

15 05 N

23 40 W

Sao Tome (island)

Sao Tome and Principe

0 12 N

6 39 E

Sapporo (city)

Japan

43 04 N

141 20 E

Sapudi Strait

Pacific Ocean

7 05 S

114 10 E

Sarajevo (capital)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

43 52 N

18 25 E

Sarawak (state)

Malaysia

2 30 N

113 30 E

Sardinia (island)

Italy

40 00 N

9 00 E

Sargasso Sea (region)

Atlantic Ocean

30 00 N

55 00 W

Sark (island)

Guernsey

49 26 N

2 21 W

Savage Island (former name for Niue)

Niue

19 02 S

169 52 W

Savu Sea

Pacific Ocean

9 30 S

122 00 E

Saxony (region)

Germany

51 00 N

13 00 E

Schleswig-Holstein (region)

Germany

54 31 N

9 33 E

Schweiz (local German name for Switzerland)

Switzerland

47 00 N

8 00 E

Scopus, Mount

Israel, West Bank

31 48 N

35 14 E

Scotia Sea

Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean

56 00 S

40 00 W

Scotland (region)

United Kingdom

57 00 N

4 00 W

Scott Island

Antarctica

67 24 S

179 55 W

Senegambia (region; former name of confederation of Senegal and The Gambia)

The Gambia, Senegal

13 50 N

15 25 W

Senyavin Islands

Federated States of Micronesia

6 55 N

158 00 E

Seoul (capital)

South Korea

37 34 N

127 00 E

Serendib (former name for Sri Lanka)

Sri Lanka

7 00 N

81 00 E

Serrana Bank (shoal)

Colombia

14 25 N

80 16 W

Serranilla Bank (shoal)

Colombia

15 51 N

79 46 W

Settlement, The (capital)

Christmas Island

18 44 N

64 19 W

Severnaya Zemlya (island group; also Northland)

Russia

79 30 N

98 00 E

Shaba (region)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

8 00 S

27 00 E

Shag Island

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

53 00 S

72 30 E

Shag Rocks

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

53 33 S

42 02 W

Shanghai (city)

China

31 14 N

121 30 E

Shenyang (city; also Mukden)

China

41 46 N

123 24 E

Shetland Islands

United Kingdom

60 30 N

1 30 W

Shikoku (island)

Japan

33 45 N

133 30 E

Shikotan (island)

Russia (de facto)

43 47 N

146 45 E

Shqiperia (local name for Albania)

Albania

41 00 N

20 00 E

Siam (former name for Thailand)

Thailand

15 00 N

100 00 E

Siberia (region)

Russia

60 00 N

100 00 E

Sibutu Passage

Pacific Ocean

4 50 N

119 35 E

Sicily (island)

Italy

37 30 N

14 00 E

Sicily, Strait of

Atlantic Ocean

37 20 N

11 20 E

Sidra, Gulf of

Atlantic Ocean

31 30 N

18 00 E

Sikkim (state)

India

27 50 N

88 30 E

Silesia (region)

Czech Republic, Germany, Poland

51 00 N

17 00 E

Sinai Peninsula

Egypt

29 30 N

34 00 E

Singapore (capital)

Singapore

1 17 N

103 51 E

Singapore Strait

Pacific Ocean

1 15 N

104 00 E

Sinkiang (autonomous region; also Xinjiang)

China

42 00 N

86 00 E

Sint Eustatius (island)

Netherlands Antilles

17 29 N

62 58 W

Sint Maarten (island; also Saint-Martin)

Netherlands Antilles

18 04 N

63 04 W

Sjaelland (island)

Denmark

55 30 N

12 00 E

Skagerrak (strait)

Atlantic Ocean

57 45 N

9 00 E

Skopje (capital)

Macedonia

41 59 N

21 26 E

Slavonia (region)

Croatia

45 27 N

18 00 E

Slovenija (local name for Slovenia)

Slovenia

46 00 N

15 00 E

Slovensko (local name for Slovakia)

Slovakia

48 40 N

19 30 E

Smyrna (region; former name for Izmir)

Turkey

38 25 N

27 10 E

Society Islands (Iles de la Societe)

French Polynesia

17 00 S

150 00 W

Socotra (island)

Yemen

12 30 N

54 00 E

Sofia (capital)

Bulgaria

42 41 N

23 19 E

Solomon Islands, northern

Papua New Guinea

6 00 S

155 00 E

Solomon Islands, southern

Solomon Islands

8 00 S

159 00 E

Solomon Sea

Pacific Ocean

8 00 S

153 00 E

Somaliland (region)

Somalia

9 30 N

46 00 E

Somers Islands (former name for Bermuda)

Bermuda

32 20 N

64 45 W

Songkhla (city)

Thailand

7 12 N

100 36 E

Sound, The (strait; also Oresund)

Atlantic Ocean

55 50 N

12 40 E

South Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

30 00 S

15 00 W

South China Sea

Pacific Ocean

10 00 N

113 00 E

South Georgia (island)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

54 15 S

36 45 W

South Island

New Zealand

43 00 S

171 00 E

South Korea

South Korea

37 00 N

127 30 E

South Orkney Islands

Antarctica

61 00 S

45 00 W

South Ossetia (region)

Georgia

42 20 N

44 00 E

South Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

30 00 S

130 00 W

South Sandwich Islands

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

57 45 S

26 30 W

South Shetland Islands

Antarctica

62 00 S

59 00 W

South Tyrol (region)

Italy

46 30 N

10 30 E

South Vietnam (former name for the southern portion of Vietnam)

Vietnam

12 00 N

108 00 E

South Yemen (People's Democratic Republic of Yemen; now part of Yemen)

Yemen

14 00 N

48 00 E

South-West Africa (former name for Namibia)

Namibia

22 00 S

17 00 E

Southern Grenadines (island group)

Grenada

12 20 N

61 30 W

Southern Rhodesia (former name for Zimbabwe)

Zimbabwe

20 00 S

30 00 E

Soviet Union (former name of a large Eurasian empire, roughly coequal with the former Russian Empire)

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

 

 

Spanish Guinea (former name for Equatorial Guinea)

Equatorial Guinea

2 00 N

10 00 E

Spanish Morocco (former name for northern Morocco)

Morocco

32 00 N

7 00 W

Spanish North Africa (exclaves)

Spain (Ceuta, Islas Chafarinas, Melilla, Penon de Alhucemas, Penon de Velez de la Gomera)

35 15 N

4 00 W

Spanish Sahara (former name)

Western Sahara

24 30 N

13 00 W

Spanish West Africa (former name for Ifni and Spanish Sahara)

Morocco, Western Sahara

25 00 N

13 00 W

Spice Islands (Moluccas)

Indonesia

2 00 S

28 00 E

Spitsbergen (island)

Svalbard

78 00 N

20 00 E

St. John's (city)

Canada (Newfoundland)

47 34 N

52 43 W

Stanley (capital)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

51 42 S

57 41 W

Stockholm (capital)

Sweden

59 20 N

18 03 E

Strasbourg (city)

France

48 35 N

7 44 E

Stuttgart (city)

Germany

48 46 N

9 11 E

Sucre (constitutional capital)

Bolivia

19 02 S

65 17 W

Suez Canal

Egypt

29 55 N

32 33 E

Suez, Gulf of

Indian Ocean

28 10 N

33 27 E

Suisse (local French name for Switzerland)

Switzerland

47 00 N

8 00 E

Sulawesi (island; Celebes)

Indonesia

2 00 S

121 00 E

Sulawesi Sea

Pacific Ocean

3 00 N

122 00 E

Sulu Archipelago (island group)

Philippines

6 00 N

121 00 E

Sulu Sea

Pacific Ocean

8 00 N

120 00 E

Sumatra (island)

Indonesia

0 00 N

102 00 E

Sumba (island)

Indonesia

10 00 S

120 00 E

Sumba Strait

Pacific Ocean

9 10 S

120 00 E

Sumbawa (island)

Indonesia

8 30 S

118 00 E

Sunda Islands (Soenda Isles)

Indonesia, Malaysia

2 00 S

110 00 E

Sunda Strait

Indian Ocean

6 00 S

105 45 E

Suomi (local name for Finland)

Finland

64 00 N

26 00 E

Surabaya (city)

Indonesia

7 13 S

112 45 E

Surigao Strait

Pacific Ocean

10 15 N

125 23 E

Surinam (former name for Suriname)

Suriname

4 00 N

56 00 W

Suriyah (local name for Syria)

Syria

35 00 N

38 00 E

Surtsey (volcanic island)

Iceland

63 17 N

20 40 W

Suva (capital)

Fiji

18 08 S

178 25 E

Sverdlovsk (city; also Yekaterinburg)

Russia

56 50 N

60 39 E

Sverige (local name for Sweden)

Sweden

62 00 N

15 00 E

Svizzera (local Italian name for Switzerland)

Switzerland

47 00 N

8 00 E

Swains Island

American Samoa

11 03 S

171 15 W

Swan Islands

Honduras

17 25 S

83 56 W

Sydney (city)

Australia

33 53 S

151 13 E

T'bilisi (capital)

Georgia

41 43 N

44 49 E

Tadzhikistan (former name for Tajikistan)

Tajikistan

39 00 N

71 00 E

Tahiti (island)

French Polynesia

17 37 S

149 27 W

Taipei (capital)

Taiwan

25 03 N

121 30 E

Taiwan Strait

Pacific Ocean

24 00 N

119 00 E

Tallinn (capital)

Estonia

59 25 N

24 45 E

Tanganyika (former name for the mainland portion of Tanzania)

Tanzania

6 00 S

35 00 E

Tangier (city)

Morocco

35 48 N

5 45 W

Tannu-Tuva (region)

Russia

51 25 N

94 45 E

Tarawa (island)

Kiribati

1 25 N

173 00 E

Tartary, Gulf of

Pacific Ocean

50 00 N

141 00 E

Tashkent (capital)

Uzbekistan

41 20 N

69 18 E

Tasman Sea

Pacific Ocean

4 30 S

168 00 E

Tasmania (island)

Australia

43 00 S

147 00 E

Tatar Strait

Pacific Ocean

50 00 N

141 00 E

Taymyr Peninsula (Poluostrov Taymyr)

Russia

76 00 N

104 00 E

Tchad (local name for Chad)

Chad

15 00 N

19 00 E

Tegucigalpa (capital)

Honduras

14 06 N

87 13 W

Tehran (capital)

Iran

35 40 N

51 26 E

Tel Aviv (capital, de facto)

Israel

32 05 N

34 48 E

Teluk Bone (gulf)

Pacific Ocean

4 00 S

120 45 E

Teluk Tomini (gulf)

Pacific Ocean

0 30 S

121 00 E

Terre Adelie (claimed by France; also Adelie Land)

Antarctica

66 30 S

139 00 E

Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises (local name for the French Southern and Antarctic Lands)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

43 00 S

67 00 E

Thailand, Gulf of

Pacific Ocean

10 00 N

101 00 E

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia

41 50 N

22 00 E

Thessaloniki (city; also Salonika)

Greece

40 38 N

22 57 E

Thimphu (capital)

Bhutan

27 28 N

89 39 E

Thuringia (region)

Germany

51 00 N

11 00 E

Thurston Island

Antarctica

72 20 S

99 00 W

Tiberias, Lake

Israel

32 48 N

35 35 E

Tibet (autonomous region; also Xizang)

China

32 00 N

90 00 E

Tibilisi (see T'bilisi)

Georgia

41 43 N

44 49 E

Tien Shan (mountains)

China, Kyrgyzstan

42 00 N

80 00 E

Tierra del Fuego (island, island group)

Argentina, Chile

54 00 S

69 00 W

Timor (island)

East Timor, Indonesia

9 00 S

125 00 E

Timor Sea

Pacific Ocean

11 00 S

128 00 E

Timor-Leste, Timor Lorosa'e (local names for East Timor)

East Timor

9 00 N

126 00 E

Tinian (island)

Northern Mariana Islands

15 00 N

145 38 E

Tiran, Strait of

Indian Ocean

28 00 N

34 27 E

Tirana, Tirane (capital)

Albania

41 20 N

19 50 E

Tirol, Tyrol (region)

Austria, Italy

47 00 N

11 00 E

Tobago (island)

Trinidad and Tobago

11 15 N

60 40 W

Tokyo (capital)

Japan

35 42 N

139 46 E

Tonkin, Gulf of

Pacific Ocean

20 00 N

108 00 E

Toronto (city)

Canada

43 40 N

79 23 W

Torres Strait

Pacific Ocean

10 25 S

142 10 E

Torshavn (capital)

Faroe Islands

62 01 N

6 46 W

Toshkent (see Tashkent)

Uzbekistan

41 20 N

69 18 E

Transcarpathia (region; alternate name for Carpatho-Ukraine)

Ukraine

48 22 N

23 32 E

Transjordan (former name for Jordan)

Jordan

31 00 N

36 00 E

Transkei (enclave)

South Africa

32 15 S

28 15 E

Transvaal (region; former name for northeastern South Africa)

South Africa

25 10 S

29 25 E

Transylvania (region)

Romania

46 30 N

24 00 E

Trindade, Ilha de (island)

Brazil

20 31 S

29 20 W

Trinidad (island)

Trinidad and Tobago

10 22 N

61 15 W

Tripoli (capital)

Libya

32 54 N

13 11 E

Tripoli (city)

Lebanon

34 26 N

35 51 E

Tripolitania (region)

Libya

31 00 N

14 00 E

Tristan da Cunha Group (island group)

Saint Helena

37 15 S

12 30 W

Trobriand Islands

Papua New Guinea

8 38 S

151 04 E

Trucial Coast (former name for the United Arab Emirates)

United Arab Emirates

24 00 N

54 00 E

Trucial Oman (former name for the United Arab Emirates)

United Arab Emirates

24 00 N

54 00 E

Trucial States (former name for the United Arab Emirates)

United Arab Emirates

24 00 N

54 00 E

Truk Islands (former name for the Chuuk Islands)

Federated States of Micronesia

7 25 N

151 47 E

Tsugaru Strait

Pacific Ocean

41 35 N

141 00 E

Tuamotu Islands (Iles Tuamotu)

French Polynesia

19 00 S

142 00 W

Tubuai Islands (Iles Tubuai)

French Polynesia

23 00 S

150 00 W

Tunb al Kubra (island)

Iran

26 14 N

55 19 E

Tunb as Sughra (island)

Iran

26 14 N

55 09 E

Tunis (capital)

Tunisia

36 48 N

10 11 E

Turin (city)

Italy

45 04 N

7 40 E

Turkish Straits (see Bosporus and Dardenelles)

Atlantic Ocean

40 40 N

28 00 E

Turkiye (local name for Turkey)

Turkey

39 00 N

35 00 E

Turkmenia, Turkmeniya (former name for Turkmenistan)

Turkmenistan

40 00 N

60 00 E

Turks Island Passage

Atlantic Ocean

21 40 N

71 00 W

Tuscany (region)

Italy

43 25 N

11 00 E

Tutuila (island)

American Samoa

14 18 S

170 42 W

Tyrrhenian Sea

Atlantic Ocean

40 00 N

12 00 E

Ubangi-Shari (former name for the Central African Republic

Central African Republic

6 38 N

20 33 E

Ukrayina (local name for Ukraine)

Ukraine

49 00 N

32 00 E

Ulaanbaatar (capital)

Mongolia

47 55 N

106 53 E

Ullung-do (island)

South Korea

37 29 N

130 52 E

Ulster (region)

Ireland, United Kingdom

54 35 N

7 00 W

Uman (local name for Oman)

Oman

21 00 N

57 00 E

Unimak Pass (strait)

Pacific Ocean

54 20 N

164 50 W

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or USSR (former name of a large Eurasian empire, roughly coequal with the former Russian Empire)

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

 

 

United Arab Republic or UAR (former name for a federation between Egypt and Syria)

Egypt, Syria

 

 

Upper Volta (former name for Burkina Faso)

Burkina Faso

13 00 N

2 00 W

Ural Mountains

Kazakhstan, Russia

60 00 N

60 00 E

Urdunn (local name for Jordan)

Jordan

31 00 N

36 00 E

Urundi (former name for Burundi)

Burundi

3 30 S

30 00 E

Ussuri River

China, Russia

48 28 N

135 02 E

Vaduz (capital)

Liechtenstein

47 09 N

9 31 E

Vakhan (Wakhan Corridor)

Afghanistan

37 00 N

73 00 E

Valletta (capital)

Malta

35 54 N

14 31 E

Valley, The (capital)

Anguilla

18 13 N

63 04 W

Van Diemen Strait (Osumi Strait)

Pacific Ocean

31 00 N

131 00 E

Vancouver (city)

Canada

49 16 N

123 08 W

Vancouver Island

Canada

49 45 N

126 00 W

Vatican City (capital)

Holy See

41 54 N

12 27 E

Velez de la Gomera, Penon de (island)

Spain

35 11 N

4 18 W

Venda (enclave)

South Africa

23 00 S

31 00 E

Verde Island Passage

Pacific Ocean

13 34 N

120 51 E

Victoria (capital)

Seychelles

4 38 S

55 27 E

Victoria (island)

Canada

71 00 N

110 00 W

Victoria Land (region)

Antarctica

72 00 S

155 00 E

Vienna (capital)

Austria

48 12 N

16 22 E

Vientiane (capital)

Laos

17 58 N

102 36 E

Vilnius (capital)

Lithuania

54 41 N

25 19 E

Viti Levu (island)

Fiji

18 00 S

178 00 E

Vladivostok (city)

Russia

43 10 N

131 56 E

Vojvodina (region)

Serbia

45 35 N

20 00 E

Volcano Islands

Japan

25 00 N

141 00 E

Vostok Island

Kiribati

10 06 S

152 23 W

Wake Atoll

Wake Island

19 17 N

166 39 E

Wakhan Corridor (see Vakhan)

Afghanistan

37 00 N

73 00 E

Walachia (region)

Romania

44 45 N

26 05 E

Wales (region)

United Kingdom

52 30 N

3 30 W

Wallis Islands

Wallis and Futuna

13 17 S

176 10 W

Walvis Bay (city; former exclave)

Namibia

22 59 S

14 31 E

Warsaw (capital)

Poland

52 15 N

21 00 E

Washington, DC (capital)

United States

38 53 N

77 02 W

Weddell Sea

Southern Ocean

72 00 S

45 00 W

Wellington (capital)

New Zealand

41 28 S

174 51 E

West Frisian Islands

Netherlands

53 26 N

5 30 E

West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany; former name for western portion of Germany)

Germany

53 22 N

5 20 E

West Island (capital)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

12 10 S

96 55 E

West Korea Strait (Western Channel)

Pacific Ocean

34 40 N

129 00 E

West Pakistan (former name for present-day Pakistan)

Pakistan

30 00 N

70 00 E

West Siberian Plain

Russia

60 00 N

75 00 E

Western Channel (West Korea Strait)

Pacific Ocean

34 40 N

129 00 E

Western Samoa (former name for Samoa)

Samoa

13 35 S

172 20 W

Wetar Strait

Pacific Ocean

8 20 S

126 30 E

White Sea

Arctic Ocean

65 30 N

38 00 E

Wilkes Land (region)

Antarctica

71 00 S

120 00 E

Willemstad (capital)

Netherlands Antilles

12 06 N

68 56 W

Windhoek (capital)

Namibia

22 34 S

17 06 E

Windward Passage

Atlantic Ocean

20 00 N

73 50 W

Winnipeg (city)

Canada

49 53 N

97 10 W

Wrangel Island (Ostrov Vrangelya)

Russia

71 14 N

179 36 W

Xianggang (local name for Hong Kong)

Hong Kong

22 15 N

114 10 E

Y'israel (local name for Israel)

Israel

31 30 N

34 45 E

Yaitopya (local name for Ethiopia)

Ethiopia

8 00 N

38 00 E

Yalu River

China, North Korea

39 55 N

124 20 E

Yamoussoukro (capital)

Cote d'Ivoire

6 49 N

5 17 W

Yangon (see Rangoon)

Burma

16 47 N

96 10 E

Yaounde (capital)

Cameroon

3 52 N

11 31 E

Yap Islands

Federated States of Micronesia

9 30 N

138 00 E

Yaren (governmental center)

Nauru

0 32 S

166 55 E

Yekaterinburg (city; formerly Sverdlovsk)

Russia

56 50 N

60 39 E

Yellow Sea

Pacific Ocean

36 00 N

123 00 E

Yemen Arab Republic (also Yemen (Sanaa); former name for northern portion of Yemen)

Yemen

15 00 N

44 00 E

Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of (also Yemen (Aden); former name for southern portion of Yemen)

Yemen

14 00 N

46 00 E

Yerevan (capital)

Armenia

40 11 N

44 30 E

Yokohama (city)

Japan

35 26 N

139 37 E

Youth, Isle of (Isla de la Juventud)

Cuba

21 40 N

82 50 W

Yucatan Channel

Atlantic Ocean

21 45 N

85 45 W

Yucatan Peninsula

Mexico

19 30 N

89 00 W

Yugoslavia (former name for a federation of Serbia and Montenegro)

Montenegro, Serbia

43 00 N

21 00 E

Yugoslavia, Kingdom of (former name for a Balkan federation)

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia

43 00 N

19 00 E

Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of (former name for a Balkan federation)

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia

43 00 N

19 00 E

Zagreb (capital)

Croatia

45 48 N

15 58 E

Zaire (former name for the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

15 00 S

30 00 E

Zakhalinskiy Zaliv (bay)

Pacific Ocean

54 00 N

142 00 E

Zaliv Shelikhova (bay)

Pacific Ocean

60 00 N

157 30 E

Zambezia (region)

Mozambique

16 00 S

37 00 E

Zanzibar (island)

Tanzania

6 10 S

39 11 E

Zhong Guo, Zhonghua (local name for China)

China

35 00 N

105 00 E

Zion, Mount (locale in Jerusalem)

Israel, West Bank

31 46 N

35 14 E

Zurich (city)

Switzerland

47 23 N

8 32 E

This page was last updated on 18 January, 2007


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