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Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names

A

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

Ascension Island

Saint Helena

7 57 S

14 22 W

Ashgabat (capital)

Turkmenistan

37 57 N

58 23 E

Ashkhabad (see Ashgabat)

Turkmenistan

37 57 N

58 23 E

Asmara (capital)

Eritrea

15 20 N

38 53 E

Asmera (see Asmara)

Eritrea

15 20 N

38 53 E

As-Sudan (local name for Sudan)

Sudan

15 00 N

30 00 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 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 (local name for Azerbaijan)

Azerbaijan

40 30 N

47 30 E

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

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