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the World Factbook- Appendix F :: Corss-Reference List of Geographic Names
appendix f :: cross-reference list of geographic names |
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This appendix cross-references a wide variety of geographic names to the appropriate Factbook "country" entry. Additional information is included in parentheses.
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| 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 |
| 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 (Mediterranean Sea) |
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 |
Canada |
75 15 N |
121 30 W |
| Banks Island |
Australia |
10 12 S |
142 16 E |
| 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 |
| Bassas da India |
Indian Ocean |
21 30 S |
39 50 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 (region) |
Bangladesh, India |
24 30 N |
88 15 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 |
12 10 N |
68 15 W |
| Bonifacio, Strait of |
Atlantic Ocean (Mediterranean Sea) |
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 |
| 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 (Gulf of Mexico) |
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 |
| 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) |
Aruba, Curacao, Sint Maarten |
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) |
Aruba, Curacao, Sint Maarten |
12 10 N |
68 30 W |
| Dzungarian Gate (valley) |
China, Kazakhstan |
45 25 N |
82 25 E |
| 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 |
| Europa Island |
Indian Ocean |
22 20 S |
40 22 E |
| Name |
Entry in
The World Factbook |
Latitude
(deg min) |
Longitude
(deg min) |
| 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 (Baltic Sea) |
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 |
| Name |
Entry in
The World Factbook |
Latitude
(deg min) |
Longitude
(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) |
Spain |
42 45 N |
8 10 E |
| Galicia (region) |
Poland, Ukraine |
49 30 N |
23 00 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 |
| Glorioso Islands |
Indian Ocean |
11 30 S |
47 20 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 |
| Name |
Entry in
The World Factbook |
Latitude
(deg min) |
Longitude
(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 |
| Name |
Entry in
The World Factbook |
Latitude
(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 |
| Name |
Entry in
The World Factbook |
Latitude
(deg min) |
Longitude
(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 |
| Juan de Nova Island |
Indian Ocean |
17 03 S |
42 45 E |
| 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 |
| Name |
Entry in
The World Factbook |
Latitude
(deg min) |
Longitude
(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 |
| Name |
Entry in
The World Factbook |
Latitude
(deg min) |
Longitude
(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 |
| Name |
Entry in
The World Factbook |
Latitude
(deg min) |
Longitude
(deg min) |
| 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 |
| Name |
Entry in
The World Factbook |
Latitude
(deg min) |
Longitude
(deg min) |
| 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 former Netherlands Antilles) |
Curacao, Sint Maarten |
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 Antilles (former name of Dutch Caribbean dependencies) |
Curacao, Sint Maarten |
12 15 N |
68 45 W |
| 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 |
| Name |
Entry in
The World Factbook |
Latitude
(deg min) |
Longitude
(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 |
| Name |
Entry in
The World Factbook |
Latitude
(deg min) |
Longitude
(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 |
| Philipsburg (capital) |
Sint Maarten |
18 1 N |
63 2 W |
| 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 |
| Name |
Entry in
The World Factbook |
Latitude
(deg min) |
Longitude
(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 |
| Name |
Entry in
The World Factbook |
Latitude
(deg min) |
Longitude
(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 |
| Name |
Entry in
The World Factbook |
Latitude
(deg min) |
Longitude
(deg min) |
| Saar (region) |
Germany |
49 25 N |
7 00 E |
| Saaremaa (island) |
Estonia |
58 25 N |
22 30 E |
| Saba (island) |
Netherlands |
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 |
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 |
17 29 N |
62 58 W |
| Sint Maarten (island; also Saint-Martin) |
Sint Maarten, Saint Martin |
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 |
| Name |
Entry in
The World Factbook |
Latitude
(deg min) |
Longitude
(deg min) |
| 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 |
| Tromelin Island |
Indian Ocean |
15 52 S |
54 25 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 |
| Name |
Entry in
The World Factbook |
Latitude
(deg min) |
Longitude
(deg min) |
| 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 |
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| United Arab Republic or UAR (former name for a federation between Egypt and Syria) |
Egypt, Syria |
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| 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 |
| Name |
Entry in
The World Factbook |
Latitude
(deg min) |
Longitude
(deg min) |
| 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 |
| Name |
Entry in
The World Factbook |
Latitude
(deg min) |
Longitude
(deg min) |
| 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) |
Curacao |
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 |
| Name |
Entry in
The World Factbook |
Latitude
(deg min) |
Longitude
(deg min) |
| Xianggang (local name for Hong Kong) |
Hong Kong |
22 15 N |
114 10 E |
| Name |
Entry in
The World Factbook |
Latitude
(deg min) |
Longitude
(deg min) |
| 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 |
| Name |
Entry in
The World Factbook |
Latitude
(deg min) |
Longitude
(deg min) |
| 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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