|
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
|
|
Baki (see Baku)
|
Azerbaijan
|
40 23 N
|
49 51 E
|
|
Baku (capital)
|
Azerbaijan
|
40 23 N
|
49 51 E
|
|
Baky (see Baku)
|
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,
Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, The Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, 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, Yugoslavia
|
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
|
|
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 (Bayern) (region)
|
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
|
|
Belgian Congo (former name for Democratic Republic of the
Congo)
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
0 00 N
|
25 00 E
|
|
Belgie (local name for Belgium)
|
Belgium
|
50 50 N
|
4 00 E
|
|
Belgique (local name for Belgium)
|
Belgium
|
50 50 N
|
4 00 E
|
|
Belgrade (capital)
|
Yugoslavia
|
44 50 N
|
20 30 E
|
|
Belize City (capital)
|
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
|
12 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 (city, judicial center)
|
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 (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
|
140 10 E
|
|
Bonn (capital)
|
Germany
|
50 44 N
|
7 05 E
|
|
Bophuthatswana (enclave region)
|
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
|
