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appendix f :: cross-reference list of geographic names
This appendix cross-references a wide variety of geographic names to the appropriate Factbook "country" entry. Additional information is included in parentheses.
 
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 44 W
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, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 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
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Name Entry in
The World Factbook		 Latitude
(deg min)		 Longitude
(deg min)
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, Kosovo, 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 53 N 114 56 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) France (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
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Name Entry in
The World Factbook		 Latitude
(deg min)		 Longitude
(deg min)
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
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Name Entry in
The World Factbook		 Latitude
(deg min)		 Longitude
(deg min)
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) Timor-Leste 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
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Name Entry in
The World Factbook		 Latitude
(deg min)		 Longitude
(deg min)
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
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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
Fiume (city; former name for Rijeka) Croatia 45 19 N 14 25 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
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(deg min)
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, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 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
Gustavia (capital) Saint Barthelemy 17 53 N 62 51 W
Guyane Francaise (local name for French Guiana) French Guiana 4 00 N 53 00 W
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(deg min)
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
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(deg min)		 Longitude
(deg min)
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, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 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 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
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(deg min)
Jakarta (capital) Indonesia 6 10 S 106 48 E
James Bay Arctic Ocean 54 00 N 80 00 W
Jamestown (capital) Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 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, Montenegro, Serbia, 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
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(deg min)
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 (city; former name for Kyiv) 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) Kosovo 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 (capital) Ukraine 50 26 N 30 31 E
Kyushu (island) Japan 33 00 N 131 00 E
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(deg min)
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
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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
Marigot (capital) Saint Martin 18 04 N 63 05 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
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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, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 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
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(deg min)
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
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(deg min)
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 Timor-Leste) Timor-Leste 9 00 S 126 00 E
Poznan (city) Poland 52 25 N 16 55 E
Prague (capital) Czech Republic 50 05 N 14 28 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 42 S 28 13 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
Pristina, Prishtina, Prishtine (capital) Kosovo 42 40 N 21 10 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
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(deg min)
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
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(deg min)
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
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(deg min)
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 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, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 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-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 10 25 S 105 43 E
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
Srbija (local name for Serbia) Serbia 44 00 N 21 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
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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) Timor-Leste, Indonesia 9 00 S 125 00 E
Timor Lorosa'e (local name for Timor-Leste) Timor-Leste 9 00 N 126 00 E
Timor Sea Pacific Ocean 11 00 S 128 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, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 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
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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
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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
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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
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Xianggang (local name for Hong Kong) Hong Kong 22 15 N 114 10 E
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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
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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
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