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

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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

7 57 S

14 22 W

Ashgabat, Ashkhabad (capital)

Turkmenistan

37 57 N

58 23 E

Asmara, Asmera (capital)

Eritrea

15 20 N

38 53 E

Assumption Island

Seychelles

9 46 S

46 34 E

Astana (capital; formerly Akmola)

Kazakhstan

51 10 N

71 30 E

Asuncion (capital)

Paraguay

25 16 S

57 40 W

Asuncion Island

Northern Mariana Islands

19 40 N

145 24 E

Atacama (desert)

Chile

23 00 S

70 10 W

Atacama (region)

Chile

24 30 S

69 15 W

Athens (capital)

Greece

37 59 N

23 44 E

Attu Island

United States

52 55 N

172 57 E

Auckland (city)

New Zealand

36 52 S

174 46 E

Auckland Islands

New Zealand

51 00 S

166 30 E

Australes, Iles (island group; also Iles Tubuai)

French Polynesia

23 20 S

151 00 W

Avarua (capital)

Cook Islands

21 12 S

159 46 W

Axel Heiberg Island

Canada

79 30 N

90 00 W

Azad Kashmir (region)

Pakistan

34 30 N

74 00 E

Azarbaycan, Azerbaidzhan (local name for Azerbaijan)

Azerbaijan

40 30 N

47 30 E

Azores (islands)

Portugal

38 30 N

28 00 W

Azov, Sea of

Atlantic Ocean

49 00 N

36 00 E

Bab el Mandeb (strait)

Indian Ocean

12 40 N

43 20 E

Babuyan Channel

Pacific Ocean

18 44 N

121 40 E

Babuyan Islands

Philippines

19 10 N

121 40 E

Baffin Bay

Arctic Ocean

73 00 N

66 00 W

Baffin Island

Canada

68 00 N

70 00 W

Baghdad (capital)

Iraq

33 21 N

44 25 E

Baku (capital; also Baki, Baky)

Azerbaijan

40 23 N

49 51 E

Balabac Strait

Pacific Ocean

7 35 N

117 00 E

Balearic Islands

Spain

39 30 N

3 00 E

Balearic Sea (Iberian Sea)

Atlantic Ocean

40 30 N

2 00 E

Bali (island)

Indonesia

8 20 S

115 00 E

Bali Sea

Indian Ocean

7 45 S

115 30 E

Balintang Channel

Pacific Ocean

19 49 N

121 40 E

Balintang Islands

Philippines

19 55 N

122 10 E

Balkan Peninsula

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

42 00 N

23 00 E

Balleny Islands

Antarctica

67 00 S

163 00 E

Balochistan (region)

Pakistan

28 00 N

63 00 E

Baltic Sea

Atlantic Ocean

57 00 N

19 00 E

Bamako (capital)

Mali

12 39 N

8 00 W

Banaba (Ocean Island)

Kiribati

0 52 S

169 35 E

Banat (region)

Hungary, Romania, Serbia

45 30 N

21 00 E

Banda Sea

Pacific Ocean

5 00 S

128 00 E

Bandar Seri Begawan (capital)

Brunei

4 53 N

114 56 E

Bangka (island)

Indonesia

2 30 S

106 00 E

Bangkok (capital)

Thailand

13 45 N

100 31 E

Bangui (capital)

Central African Republic

4 22 N

18 35 E

Banjul (capital)

The Gambia

13 28 N

16 39 W

Banks Island

Australia

10 12 S

142 16 E

Banks Island

Canada

75 15 N

121 30 W

Banks Islands (Iles Banks)

Vanuatu

14 00 S

167 30 E

Barbuda (island)

Antigua and Barbuda

17 38 N

61 48 W

Barcelona (city)

Spain

41 25 N

2 13 E

Barents Sea

Arctic Ocean

74 00 N

36 00 E

Barranquilla (city)

Colombia

10 59 N

74 48 W

Bashi Channel

Pacific Ocean

22 00 N

121 00 E

Basilan Strait

Pacific Ocean

6 49 N

122 05 E

Basque Provinces

Spain

43 00 N

2 30 W

Bass Strait

Pacific Ocean

39 20 S

145 30 E

Basse-Terre (capital)

Guadeloupe

16 00 N

61 44 W

Basseterre (capital)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

17 18 N

62 43 W

Bastia (city)

France (Corsica)

42 42 N

9 27 E

Basutoland (former name for Lesotho)

Lesotho

29 30 S

28 30 E

Batan Islands

Philippines

20 30 N

121 50 E

Bavaria (region; also Bayern)

Germany

48 30 N

11 30 E

Beagle Channel

Atlantic Ocean

54 53 S

68 10 W

Bear Island (see Bjornoya)

Svalbard

74 26 N

19 05 E

Beaufort Sea

Arctic Ocean

73 00 N

140 00 W

Bechuanaland (former name for Botswana)

Botswana

22 00 S

24 00 E

Beijing (capital)

China

39 56 N

116 24 E

Beirut (capital)

Lebanon

33 53 N

35 30 E

Bekaa Valley

Lebanon

34 00 N

36 05 E

Belau (Palau Islands)

Palau

7 30 N

134 30 E

Belep Islands (Iles Belep)

New Caledonia

19 45 S

163 40 E

Belfast (city)

United Kingdom

54 36 N

5 55 W

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

Democratic Republic of the Congo

0 00 N

25 00 E

Belgie, Belgique (local name for Belgium)

Belgium

50 50 N

4 00 E

Belgrade (capital)

Serbia

44 50 N

20 30 E

Belize City

Belize

17 30 N

88 12 W

Belle Isle, Strait of

Atlantic Ocean

51 35 N

56 30 W

Bellingshausen Sea

Southern Ocean

71 00 S

85 00 W

Belmopan (capital)

Belize

17 15 N

88 46 W

Belorussia (former name for Belarus)

Belarus

53 00 N

28 00 E

Benadir (region; former name of Italian Somaliland)

Somalia

4 00 N

46 00 E

Bengal, Bay of

Indian Ocean

15 00 N

90 00 E

Berau, Gulf of

Pacific Ocean

2 30 S

132 30 E

Bering Island

Russia

55 00 N

166 30 E

Bering Sea

Pacific Ocean

60 00 N

175 00 W

Bering Strait

Pacific Ocean

65 30 N

169 00 W

Berkner Island

Antarctica

79 30 S

49 30 W

Berlin (capital)

Germany

52 31 N

13 24 E

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

Germany

52 30 N

13 33 E

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

Germany

52 30 N

13 20 E

Bern (capital)

Switzerland

46 57 N

7 26 E

Bessarabia (region)

Moldova, Romania, Ukraine

47 00 N

28 30 E

Bharat (local name for India)

India

20 00 N

77 00 E

Bhopal (city)

India

23 16 N

77 24 E

Biafra (region)

Nigeria

5 30 N

7 30 E

Big Diomede Island

Russia

65 46 N

169 06 W

Bijagos, Arquipelago dos (island group)

Guinea-Bissau

11 25 N

16 20 W

Bikini Atoll

Marshall Islands

11 35 N

165 23 E

Bilbao (city)

Spain

43 15 N

2 58 W

Bioko (island)

Equatorial Guinea

3 30 N

8 42 E

Biscay, Bay of

Atlantic Ocean

44 00 N

4 00 W

Bishkek (capital)

Kyrgyzstan

42 54 N

74 36 E

Bishop Rock

United Kingdom

49 52 N

6 27 W

Bismarck Archipelago (island group)

Papua New Guinea

5 00 S

150 00 E

Bismarck Sea

Pacific Ocean

4 00 S

148 00 E

Bissau (capital)

Guinea-Bissau

11 51 N

15 35 W

Bjornoya (Bear Island)

Svalbard

74 26 N

19 05 E

Black Forest (region)

Germany

48 00 N

8 15 E

Black Rock (island)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

53 39 S

41 48 W

Black Sea

Atlantic Ocean

43 00 N

35 00 E

Bloemfontein (judicial capital)

South Africa

29 12 S

26 07 E

Bo Hai (gulf)

Pacific Ocean

38 00 N

120 00 E

Boa Vista (island)

Cape Verde

16 05 N

22 50 W

Bogota (capital)

Colombia

4 36 N

74 05 W

Bohemia (region)

Czech Republic

50 00 N

14 30 E

Bombay (city; see Mumbai)

India

18 58 N

72 50 E

Bonaire (island)

Netherlands Antilles

12 10 N

68 15 W

Bonifacio, Strait of

Atlantic Ocean

41 01 N

14 00 E

Bonin Islands

Japan

27 00 N

142 10 E

Bonn (former capital)

Germany

50 44 N

7 05 E

Bophuthatswana (region; enclave)

South Africa

26 30 S

25 30 E

Bora-Bora (island)

French Polynesia

16 30 S

151 45 W

Bordeaux (city)

France

44 50 N

0 34 W

Borneo (island)

Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia

0 30 N

114 00 E

Bornholm (island)

Denmark

55 10 N

15 00 E

Bosna i Hercegovina (local name for Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

44 00 N

18 00 E

Bosnia (political region)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

44 00 N

18 00 E

Bosporus (strait)

Atlantic Ocean

41 00 N

29 00 E

Bothnia, Gulf of

Atlantic Ocean

63 00 N

20 00 E

Bougainville (island)

Papua New Guinea

6 00 S

155 00 E

Bougainville Strait

Pacific Ocean

6 40 S

156 10 E

Bounty Islands

New Zealand

47 43 S

174 00 E

Bourbon Island (former name of Reunion)

Reunion

21 06 S

55 36 E

Brasilia (capital)

Brazil

15 47 S

47 55 W

Bratislava (capital)

Slovakia

48 09 N

17 07 E

Brazzaville (capital)

Republic of the Congo

4 16 S

15 17 E

Bridgetown (capital)

Barbados

13 06 N

59 37 W

Brisbane (city)

Australia

27 28 S

153 02 E

Bristol Bay

Pacific Ocean

57 00 N

160 00 W

Bristol Channel

Atlantic Ocean

51 18 N

3 30 W

Britain (see Great Britain)

United Kingdom

54 00 N

2 00 W

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

South Africa

27 30 S

23 30 E

British Central African Protectorate (former name of Nyasaland)

Malawi

13 30 S

34 00 E

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

Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

1 00 N

38 00 E

British Guiana (former name for Guyana)

Guyana

5 00 N

59 00 W

British Honduras (former name for Belize)

Belize

17 15 N

88 45 W

British Solomon Islands (former name for Solomon Islands)

Solomon Islands

8 00 S

159 00 E

British Somaliland (former name for northern Somalia)

Somalia

10 00 N

49 00 E

Brussels (capital)

Belgium

50 50 N

4 20 E

Bubiyan (island)

Kuwait

29 47 N

48 10 E

Bucharest (capital)

Romania

44 26 N

26 06 E

Budapest (capital)

Hungary

47 30 N

19 05 E

Buenos Aires (capital)

Argentina

34 36 S

58 27 W

Bujumbura (capital)

Burundi

3 23 S

29 22 E

Bukovina (region)

Romania, Ukraine

48 00 N

26 00 E

Byelarus (local name for Belarus)

Belarus

53 00 N

28 00 E

Byelorussia (former name for Belarus)

Belarus

53 00 N

28 00 E

Cabinda (province)

Angola

5 33 S

12 12 E

Cabo Verde (local name for Cape Verde)

Cape Verde

16 00 N

24 00 W

Cabot Strait

Atlantic Ocean

47 20 N

59 30 W

Caicos Islands

Turks and Caicos Islands

21 56 N

71 58 W

Cairo (capital)

Egypt

30 03 N

31 15 E

Calcutta (city)

India

22 32 N

88 21 E

Calgary (city)

Canada

51 02 N

114 04 W

California, Gulf of

Pacific Ocean

28 00 N

112 00 W

Cameroun (local name for Cameroon)

Cameroon

6 00 N

12 00 E

Campbell Island

New Zealand

52 33 S

169 09 E

Campeche, Bay of

Atlantic Ocean

20 00 N

94 00 W

Canal Zone (former name for US possessions in Panama)

Panama

9 00 N

79 45 W

Canarias Sea

Atlantic Ocean

28 00 N

16 00 W

Canary Islands

Spain

28 00 N

15 30 W

Canberra (capital)

Australia

35 17 S

149 08 E

Cancun (city)

Mexico

21 10 N

86 50 W

Canton (city; now Guangzhou)

China

23 06 N

113 16 E

Canton Island (Kanton Island)

Kiribati

2 49 S

171 40 W

Cape Juby (region; former name for Southern Morocco)

Morocco

27 53 N

12 58 W

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

South Africa

31 30 S

22 30 E

Cape Town (legislative capital)

South Africa

33 57 S

18 25 E

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

South Africa

34 15 S

18 20 E

Caracas (capital)

Venezuela

10 30 N

66 56 W

Cargados Carajos Shoals

Mauritius

16 25 S

59 38 E

Caribbean Sea

Atlantic Ocean

15 00 N

73 00 W

Caroline Islands

Federated States of Micronesia, Palau

7 30 N

148 00 E

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

Ukraine

48 22 N

23 32 E

Carpentaria, Gulf of

Pacific Ocean

14 00 S

139 00 E

Casablanca (city)

Morocco

33 35 N

7 34 W

Castries (capital)

Saint Lucia

14 01 N

61 00 W

Catalonia (region)

Spain

42 00 N

2 00 E

Cato Island

Australia

23 15 S

155 32 E

Caucasus (region)

Russia

42 00 N

45 00 E

Cayenne (capital)

French Guiana

4 56 N

52 20 W

Celebes (island)

Indonesia

2 00 S

121 00 E

Celebes Sea

Pacific Ocean

3 00 N

122 00 E

Celtic Sea

Atlantic Ocean

51 00 N

6 30 W

Central African Empire (former name for Central African Republic)

Central African Republic

7 00 N

21 00 E

Ceram (Seram) Sea

Pacific Ocean

2 30 S

129 30 E

Ceska Republika (local name for Czech Republic)

Czech Republic

49 45 N

15 30 E

Ceskoslovensko (former local name for Czechoslovakia)

Czech Republic, Slovakia

49 00 N

17 30 E

Cetinje (capital city)

Montenegro

42 24 N

18 55 E

Ceuta (city)

Spain

35 53 N

5 19 W

Ceylon (former name for Sri Lanka)

Sri Lanka

7 00 N

81 00 E

Chafarinas, Islas (island)

Spain

35 12 N

2 26 W

Chagos Archipelago (Oil Islands)

British Indian Ocean Territory

6 00 S

71 30 E

Challenger Deep (Mariana Trench)

Pacific Ocean

11 22 N

142 36 E

Channel Islands

Guernsey, Jersey

49 20 N

2 20 W

Charlotte Amalie (capital)

Virgin Islands

18 21 N

64 56 W

Chatham Islands

New Zealand

44 00 S

176 30 W

Chechnya (region; also Chechnia)

Russia

43 15 N

45 40 E

Cheju Strait

Pacific Ocean

34 00 N

126 30 E

Cheju-do (island)

Korea, South

33 20 N

126 30 E

Chengdu (city)

China

30 43 N

104 04 E

Chennai (city; also Madras)

India

13 04 N

80 16 E

Chesterfield Islands (Iles Chesterfield)

New Caledonia

19 52 S

158 15 E

Chihli, Gulf of (see Bo Hai)

Pacific Ocean

38 30 N

120 00 E

Chiloe (island)

Chile

42 50 S

74 00 W

China, People's Republic of

China

35 00 N

105 00 E

China, Republic of

Taiwan

23 30 N

121 00 E

Chisinau (capital; also Kishinev)

Moldova

47 00 N

28 50 E

Choiseul (island)

Solomon Islands

7 05 S

121 00 E

Choson (local name for North Korea)

North Korea

40 00 N

127 00 E

Christmas Island (Indian Ocean)

Australia

10 25 S

105 39 E

Christmas Island (Pacific Ocean; also Kiritimati)

Kiribati

1 52 N

157 20 W

Chukchi Sea

Arctic Ocean

69 00 N

171 00 W

Chuuk Islands (Truk Islands)

Federated States of Micronesia

7 25 N

151 47 W

Cilicia (region)

Turkey

36 50 N

34 30 E

Ciskei (enclave)

South Africa

33 00 S

27 00 E

Citta del Vaticano (local name for Vatican City)

Holy See

41 54 N

12 27 E

Cochin China (region)

Vietnam

11 00 N

107 00 E

Coco, Isla del (island)

Costa Rica

5 32 N

87 04 W

Cocos Islands

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

12 30 S

96 50 E

Colombo (capital)

Sri Lanka

6 56 N

79 51 E

Colon, Archipielago de (Galapagos Islands)

Ecuador

0 00 N

90 30 W

Commander Islands (Komandorskiye Ostrova)

Russia

55 00 N

167 00 E

Comores (local name for Comoros)

Comoros

12 10 S

44 15 E

Con Son (islands)

Vietnam

8 43 N

106 36 E

Conakry (capital)

Guinea

9 31 N

13 43 W

Confederatio Helvetica (local name for Switzerland)

Switzerland

47 00 N

8 00 E

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

Republic of the Congo

1 00 S

15 00 E

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

Democratic Republic of the Congo

0 00 N

25 00 E

Constantinople (city; former name for Istanbul)

Turkey

41 01 N

28 58 E

Cook Strait

Pacific Ocean

41 15 S

174 30 E

Copenhagen (capital)

Denmark

55 40 N

12 35 E

Coral Sea

Pacific Ocean

15 00 S

150 00 E

Corfu (island)

Greece

39 40 N

19 45 E

Corinth (region)

Greece

37 56 N

22 56 E

Corisco (island)

Equatorial Guinea

0 55 N

9 19 E

Corn Islands (Islas del Maiz)

Nicaragua

12 15 N

83 00 W

Corocoro Island

Guyana, Venezuela

3 38 N

66 50 W

Corsica (island; also Corse)

France

42 00 N

9 00 E

Cosmoledo Group (island group; also Atoll de Cosmoledo)

Seychelles

9 43 S

47 35 E

Cotonou (former capital)

Benin

6 21 N

2 26 E

Cotopaxi (volcano)

Ecuador

0 39 S

78 26 W

Courantyne River

Guyana, Suriname

5 57 N

57 06 W

Cozumel (island)

Mexico

20 30 N

86 55 W

Crete (island)

Greece

35 15 N

24 45 E

Crimea (region)

Ukraine

45 00 N

34 00 E

Crimean Peninsula

Ukraine

45 00 N

34 00 E

Crooked Island Passage

Atlantic Ocean

22 55 N

74 35 W

Crozet Islands (Iles Crozet)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

46 30 S

51 00 E

Cyclades (island group)

Greece

37 00 N

25 10 E

Cyrenaica (region)

Libya

31 00 N

22 00 E

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

Czech Republic, Slovakia

49 00 N

18 00 E

D'Entrecasteaux Islands

Papua New Guinea

9 30 S

150 40 E

Dagestan (region)

Russia

43 00 N

47 00 E

Dahomey (former name for Benin)

Benin

9 30 N

2 15 E

Daito Islands

Japan

43 00 N

17 00 E

Dakar (capital)

Senegal

14 40 N

17 26 W

Dalmatia (region)

Croatia

43 00 N

17 00 E

Daman (city; also Damao)

India

20 10 N

73 00 E

Damascus (capital)

Syria

33 30 N

36 18 E

Danger Islands (see Pukapuka Atoll)

Cook Islands

10 53 S

165 49 W

Danish Straits

Atlantic Ocean

58 00 N

11 00 E

Danish West Indies (former name for the Virgin Islands)

Virgin Islands

18 20 N

64 50 W

Danmark (local name)

Denmark

56 00 N

10 00 E

Danzig (city; former name for Gdansk)

Poland

54 23 N

18 40 E

Dao Bach Long Vi (island)

Vietnam

20 08 N

107 44 E

Dar es Salaam (capital)

Tanzania

6 48 S

39 17 E

Dardanelles (strait)

Atlantic Ocean

40 15 N

26 25 E

Davis Strait

Atlantic Ocean

67 00 N

57 00 W

Dead Sea

Israel, Jordan, West Bank

32 30 N

35 30 E

Deception Island

Antarctica

62 56 S

60 34 W

Denmark Strait

Atlantic Ocean

67 00 N

24 00 W

Desolation Islands (Isles Kerguelen)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

49 30 S

69 30 E

Deutschland (local name for Germany)

Germany

51 00 N

9 00 E

Devils Island (Ile du Diable)

French Guiana

5 17 N

52 35 W

Devon Island

Canada

76 00 N

87 00 W

Dhaka (capital)

Bangladesh

23 43 N

90 25 E

Dhivehi Raajje (local name for Maldives)

Maldives

3 15 N

73 00 E

Dhofar (region)

Oman

17 00 N

54 10 E

Diego Garcia (island)

British Indian Ocean Territory

7 20 S

72 25 E

Diego Ramirez (islands)

Chile

56 30 S

68 43 W

Dili (capital)

Timor-Leste

8 35 S

125 36 E

Dilmun (former name for Bahrain)

Bahrain

7 00 N

81 00 E

Diomede Islands

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

65 47 N

169 00 W

Diu (region)

India

20 42 N

70 59 E

Djibouti (capital)

Djibouti

11 30 N

43 15 E

Dnieper (river)

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

46 30 N

32 18 E

Dniester (river)

Moldova, Ukraine (Nistru, Dnister)

46 18 N

30 17 E

Dobruja (region)

Bulgaria, Romania

43 30 N

28 00 E

Dodecanese (island group)

Greece

36 00 N

27 05 E

Dodoma (city)

Tanzania

6 11 S

35 45 E

Doha (capital)

Qatar

25 17 N

51 32 E

Donets Basin

Russia, Ukraine

48 15 N

38 30 E

Douala (city)

Cameroon

4 03 N

9 42 E

Douglas (capital)

Man, Isle of

54 09 N

4 28 W

Dover, Strait of

Atlantic Ocean

51 00 N

1 30 E

Drake Passage

Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean

60 00 S

60 00 W

Druk Yul (local name for Bhutan)

Bhutan

27 30 N

90 30 E

Dubai, Dubayy (city)

United Arab Emirates

25 18 N

55 18 E

Dublin (capital)

Ireland

53 20 N

6 15 W

Duesseldorf (city)

Germany

51 13 N

6 47 E

Durban (city)

South Africa

29 51 S

31 02 E

Dushanbe (capital)

Tajikistan

38 35 N

68 48 E

Dutch Antilles (former name for the Netherlands Antilles)

Netherlands Antilles

12 10 N

68 30 W

Dutch East Indies (former name for Indonesia)

Indonesia

5 00 S

120 00 E

Dutch Guiana (former name for Suriname)

Suriname

4 00 N

56 00 W

Dutch West Indies (former name for the Netherlands Antilles)

Netherlands Antilles

12 10 N

68 30 W

Dzungarian Gate (valley)

China, Kazakhstan

45 25 N

82 25 E

East China Sea

Pacific Ocean

30 00 N

126 00 E

East Frisian Islands

Germany

53 44 N

7 25 E

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

Germany

52 00 N

13 00 E

East Korea Strait (Eastern Channel or Tsushima Strait)

Pacific Ocean

34 00 N

129 00 E

East Pakistan (former name for Bangladesh)

Bangladesh

24 00 N

90 00 E

East Siberian Sea

Arctic Ocean

74 00 N

166 00 E

Easter Island (Isla de Pascua)

Chile

27 07 S

109 22 W

Eastern Channel (East Korea Strait or Tsushima Strait)

Pacific Ocean

34 00 N

129 00 E

Eastern Samoa (former name for American Samoa)

American Samoa

14 20 S

170 00 W

Edinburgh (city)

United Kingdom

55 57 N

3 11 W

Eesti (local name for Estonia)

Estonia

59 00 N

26 00 E

Eire (local name for Ireland)

Ireland

53 00 N

8 00 W

Elba (island)

Italy

42 46 N

10 17 E

Elemi Triangle (region)

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

5 00 N

35 30 E

Ellada, Ellas (local name for Greece)

Greece

39 00 N

22 00 E

Ellef Ringnes Island

Canada

78 00 N

103 00 W

Ellesmere Island

Canada

81 00 N

80 00 W

Ellice Islands

Tuvalu

8 00 S

178 00 E

Ellsworth Land (region)

Antarctica

75 00 S

92 00 W

Elobey, Islas de (island group)

Equatorial Guinea

0 59 N

9 33 E

Enderbury Island

Kiribati

3 08 S

171 05 W

Enewetak Atoll (Eniwetok Atoll)

Marshall Islands

11 30 N

162 15 E

England (region)

United Kingdom

52 30 N

1 30 W

English Channel

Atlantic Ocean

50 20 N

1 00 W

Eniwetok Atoll (see Enewetak Atoll)

Marshall Islands

11 30 N

162 15 E

Eolie, Isole (island group)

Italy

38 30 N

15 00 E

Epirus, Northern (region)

Albania, Greece

40 00 N

20 30 E

Episkopi Cantonment (capital)

Akrotiri, Dhekelia

34 40 N

32 51 E

Ertra (local name for Eritrea)

Eritrea

15 00 N

39 00 E

Espana

Spain

40 00 N

4 00 W

Essequibo (region; claimed by Venezuela)

Guyana

6 59 N

58 23 W

Etorofu (island; also Iturup)

Russia (de facto)

44 55 N

147 40 E

Farquhar Group (island group; also Atoll de Farquhar)

Seychelles

10 10 S

51 10 E

Fergana Valley

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

41 00 N

72 00 E

Fernando Po (island; see Bioko)

Equatorial Guinea

3 30 N

8 42 E

Fernando de Noronha (island group)

Brazil

3 51 S

32 25 W

Filipinas (local name for the Philippines; also Pilipinas)

Philippines

13 00 N

122 00 E

Finland, Gulf of

Atlantic Ocean

60 00 N

27 00 E

Florence (city)

Italy

43 46 N

11 16 E

Flores (island)

Indonesia

8 45 S

121 00 E

Flores Sea

Pacific Ocean

7 40 S

119 45 E

Florida, Straits of

Atlantic Ocean

25 00 N

79 45 W

Fongafale (largest island of Funafuti)

Tuvalu

8 30 S

179 12 E

Former Soviet Union (FSU)

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

 

 

Formosa (island)

Taiwan

23 30 N

121 00 E

Formosa Strait (see Taiwan Strait)

Pacific Ocean

24 00 N

119 00 E

Foroyar (local name for Faroe Islands)

Faroe Islands

62 00 N

7 00 W

Fort-de-France (capital)

Martinique

14 36 N

61 05 W

Frankfurt am Main (city)

Germany

50 07 N

8 41 E

Franz Josef Land (island group)

Russia

81 00 N

55 00 E

Freetown (capital)

Sierra Leone

8 30 N

13 15 W

French Cameroon (former name for Cameroon)

Cameroon

6 00 N

12 00 E

French Guinea (former name for Guinea)

Guinea

11 00 N

10 00 W

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

Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam

15 00 N

107 00 E

French Morocco (former name for Morocco)

Morocco

32 00 N

5 00 W

French Somaliland (former name for Djibouti)

Djibouti

11 30 N

43 00 E

French Sudan (former name for Mali)

Mali

17 00 N

4 00 W

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

Djibouti

11 30 N

43 00 E

French Togoland (former name for Togo)

Togo

8 00 N

1 10 E

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

Guadeloupe, Martinique

16 30 N

62 00 W

Friendly Islands

Tonga

20 00 S

175 00 W

Frisian Islands

Denmark, Germany, Netherlands

53 35 N

6 40 E

Frunze (city; former name for Bishkek)

Kyrgyzstan

42 54 N

74 36 E

Funafuti (capital, atoll)

Tuvalu

8 30 S

179 12 E

Fundy, Bay of

Atlantic Ocean

45 00 N

66 00 W

Futuna Islands (Hoorn Islands/Iles de Horne)

Wallis and Futuna

14 19 S

178 05 W

Fyn (island)

Denmark

55 20 N

10 25 E

Gaborone (capital)

Botswana

24 45 S

25 55 E

Galapagos Islands (Archipielago de Colon)

Ecuador

0 00 N

90 30 W

Galicia (region)

Poland, Ukraine

49 30 N

23 00 E

Galicia (region)

Spain

42 45 N

8 10 E

Galilee (region)

Israel

32 54 N

35 20 E

Galleons Passage

Atlantic Ocean

11 00 N

60 55 W

Gambier Islands (Iles Gambier)

French Polynesia

23 09 S

134 58 W

Gaspar Strait

Pacific Ocean

3 00 S

107 00 E

Gdansk (city; formerly Danzig)

Poland

54 23 N

18 40 E

Geneva (city)

Switzerland

46 12 N

6 10 E

Genoa (city)

Italy

44 25 N

8 57 E

George Town (capital)

Cayman Islands

19 20 N

81 23 W

George Town (city)

Malaysia

5 26 N

100 16 E

George Town (city)

The Bahamas

23 30 N

75 46 W

Georgetown (capital)

Guyana

6 48 N

58 10 W

Georgetown (city)

The Gambia

13 30 N

14 47 W

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

Germany

52 00 N

13 00 E

German Southwest Africa (former name for Namibia)

Namibia

22 00 S

17 00 E

Germany, Federal Republic of

Germany

51 00 N

9 00 E

Gibraltar (city, peninsula)

Gibraltar

36 11 N

5 22 W

Gibraltar, Strait of

Atlantic Ocean

35 57 N

5 36 W

Gidi Pass

Egypt

30 13 N

33 09 E

Gilbert Islands

Kiribati

1 25 N

173 00 E

Goa (state)

India

15 20 N

74 00 E

Gobi (desert)

China, Mongolia

42 30 N

107 00 E

Godthab (capital; also Nuuk)

Greenland

64 11 N

51 44 W

Golan Heights (region)

Syria

33 00 N

35 45 E

Gold Coast (former name for Ghana)

Ghana

8 00 N

2 00 W

Golfo San Jorge (gulf)

Atlantic Ocean

46 00 S

66 00 W

Golfo San Matias (gulf)

Atlantic Ocean

41 30 S

64 00 W

Good Hope, Cape of

South Africa

34 24 S

18 30 E

Goteborg (city)

Sweden

57 43 N

11 58 E

Gotland (island)

Sweden

57 30 N

18 33 E

Gough Island

Saint Helena

40 20 S

9 55 W

Graham Land (region)

Antarctica

65 00 S

64 00 W

Gran Chaco (region)

Argentina, Paraguay

24 00 S

60 00 W

Grand Bahama (island)

The Bahamas

26 40 N

78 35 W

Grand Banks (fishing ground)

Atlantic Ocean

47 06 N

55 48 W

Grand Cayman (island)

Cayman Islands

19 20 N

81 20 W

Grand Turk (capital; also Cockburn Town)

Turks and Caicos Islands

21 28 N

71 08 W

Great Australian Bight

Indian Ocean

35 00 S

130 00 E

Great Belt (strait; also Store Baelt)

Atlantic Ocean

55 30 N

11 00 E

Great Bitter Lake

Egypt

30 20 N

32 23 E

Great Britain (island)

United Kingdom

54 00 N

2 00 W

Great Channel

Indian Ocean

6 25 N

94 20 E

Great Inagua (island)

The Bahamas

21 00 N

73 20 W

Great Rift Valley

Ethiopia, Kenya

0 30 N

36 00 E

Greater Sunda Islands

Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia

2 00 S

110 00 E

Green Islands

Papua New Guinea

4 30 S

154 10 E

Greenland Sea

Arctic Ocean

79 00 N

5 00 W

Grenadines, Northern (island group)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

13 15 N

61 12 W

Grenadines, Southern (island group)

Grenada

12 07 N

61 40 W

Grytviken (town; on South Georgia)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

54 15 S

36 45 W

Guadalahara (city)

Mexico

20 40 N

103 24 W

Guadalcanal (island)

Solomon Islands

9 32 S

160 12 E

Guadalupe, Isla de (island)

Mexico

29 11 N

118 17 W

Guangzhou (city; also Canton)

China

23 09 N

113 21 E

Guantanamo Bay (US Naval Base)

Cuba

20 00 N

75 08 W

Guatemala (capital)

Guatemala

14 38 N

90 31 W

Guine-Bissau (local name for Guinea-Bissau)

Guinea-Bissau

12 00 N

15 00 W

Guinea Ecuatorial (local name for Equatorial Guinea)

Equatorial Guinea

2 00 N

10 00 E

Guinea, Gulf of

Atlantic Ocean

3 00 N

2 30 E

Guinee (local name for Guinea)

Guinea

11 00 N

10 00 W

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

Ha'apai Group (island group)

Tonga

19 42 S

174 29 W

Habomai Islands

Russia (de facto)

43 30 N

146 10 E

Hadhramaut (region)

Yemen

15 00 N

50 00 E

Hagatna (capital; formerly Agana)

Guam

13 28 N

144 45 E

Hague, The (seat of government)

Netherlands

52 05 N

4 18 E

Haifa (city)

Israel

32 50 N

35 00 E

Hainan Dao (island)

China

19 00 N

109 30 E

Haiphong (city)

Vietnam

20 52 N

106 41 E

Hala'ib Triangle (region)

Egypt (claimed), Sudan (de facto)

22 30 N

35 00 E

Halifax (city)

Canada

44 39 N

63 36 W

Halmahera (island)

Indonesia

1 00 N

128 00 E

Halmahera Sea

Pacific Ocean

0 30 S

129 00 E

Hamburg (city)

Germany

53 34 N

9 59 E

Hamilton (capital)

Bermuda

32 17 N

64 46 W

Han-guk (local name for South Korea

South Korea

37 00 N

127 30 E

Hanoi (capital)

Vietnam

21 02 N

105 51 E

Harare (capital)

Zimbabwe

17 50 S

31 03 E

Harvey Islands (former name for Cook Islands)

Cook Islands

21 14 S

159 46 W

Hatay (province)

Turkey

36 30 N

36 15 E

Havana (capital)

Cuba

23 08 N

82 22 W

Hawaii (island)

United States

19 45 N

155 45 W

Hawaiian Islands

United States

21 00 N

157 45 W

Hawar (island)

Bahrain

25 40 N

50 47 E

Hayastan (local name for Armenia)

Armenia

40 00 N

45 00 E

Heard Island

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

53 06 S

73 30 E

Hejaz (region)

Saudi Arabia

24 30 N

38 30 E

Helsinki (capital)

Finland

60 10 N

24 58 E

Herzegovina (political region)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

44 00 N

18 00 E

Hiiumaa (island)

Estonia

58 50 N

22 30 E

Hispaniola (island)

Dominican Republic, Haiti

18 45 N

71 00 W

Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon)

Vietnam

10 45 N

106 40 E

Hokkaido (island)

Japan

44 00 N

143 00 E

Holland (region)

Netherlands

52 30 N

5 45 E

Hong Kong (special administrative region)

Hong Kong

22 15 N

114 10 E

Honiara (capital)

Solomon Islands

9 26 S

159 57 E

Honshu (island)

Japan

36 00 N

138 00 E

Hormuz, Strait of

Indian Ocean

26 34 N

56 15 E

Horn of Africa (region)

Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia

8 00 N

48 00 E

Horn, Cape (Cabo de Hornos)

Chile

55 59 S

67 16 W

Horne, Iles de (island group)

Wallis and Futuna

14 19 S

178 05 W

Hrvatska (local name for Croatia)

Croatia

45 10 N

15 30 E

Hudson Bay

Arctic Ocean

60 00 N

86 00 W

Hudson Strait

Arctic Ocean

62 00 N

71 00 W

Hunter Island

New Caledonia, Vanuatu

22 24 S

172 06 E

Iberian Peninsula

Portugal, Spain

40 00 N

5 00 W

Iceland Sea

Arctic Ocean

68 00 N

20 00 W

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

Morocco

29 22 N

10 09 W

Inaccessible Island

Saint Helena

37 17 S

12 40 W

Indochina (region)

Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam

15 00 N

107 00 E

Ingushetia (region)

Russia

43 15 N

45 00 E

Inhambane (region)

Mozambique

22 30 S

34 30 E

Inini (former name for French Guiana)

French Guiana

4 00 N

53 00 W

Inland Sea

Japan

34 20 N

133 30 E

Inner Hebrides (islands)

United Kingdom

56 30 N

6 20 W

Inner Mongolia (region; also Nei Mongol)

China

42 00 N

113 00 E

Ionian Islands

Greece

38 30 N

20 30 E

Ionian Sea

Atlantic Ocean

38 30 N

18 00 E

Irian Jaya (province)

Indonesia

5 00 S

138 00 E

Irish Sea

Atlantic Ocean

53 30 N

5 20 W

Iron Gate (river gorge)

Romania, Serbia

44 41 N

22 31 E

Iskenderun (region; formerly Alexandretta)

Turkey

36 34 N

36 08 E

Islamabad (capital)

Pakistan

33 42 N

73 10 E

Island (local name for Iceland)

Iceland

65 00 N

18 00 W

Islas Malvinas (island group)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

51 45 S

59 00 W

Istanbul (city)

Turkey

41 01 N

28 58 E

Istrian Peninsula

Croatia, Slovenia

45 00 N

14 00 E

Italia (local name for Italy)

Italy

42 50 N

12 50 E

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

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia

8 00 N

38 00 E

Italian Somaliland (former name for southern Somalia)

Somalia

10 00 N

49 00 E

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

United Arab Emirates

24 00 N

54 00 E

Iturup (island; see Etorofu)

Russia (de facto)

44 55 N

147 40 E

Ityop'iya (local name for Ethiopia)

Ethiopia

8 00 N

38 00 E

Ivory Coast (former name for Cote d'Ivoire)

Cote d'Ivoire

8 00 N

5 00 W

Iwo Jima (island)

Japan

24 47 N

141 20 E

Izmir (region)

Turkey

38 25 N

27 10 E

Jakarta (capital)

Indonesia

6 10 S

106 48 E

James Bay

Arctic Ocean

54 00 N

80 00 W

Jamestown (capital)

Saint Helena

15 56 S

5 44 W

Jammu (city)

India

32 42 N

74 52 E

Jammu and Kashmir (region)

India, Pakistan

34 00 N

76 00 E

Japan, Sea of

Pacific Ocean

40 00 N

135 00 E

Jars, Plain of

Laos

19 27 N

103 10 E

Java (island)

Indonesia

7 30 S

110 00 E

Java Sea

Pacific Ocean

5 00 S

110 00 E

Jerusalem (capital, proclaimed)

Israel, West Bank

31 47 N

35 14 E

Jiddah, Jeddah (city)

Saudi Arabia

21 30 N

39 12 E

Johannesburg (city)

South Africa

26 15 S

28 00 E

Joseph Bonaparte Gulf

Pacific Ocean

14 00 S

128 45 E

Juan Fernandez, Islas de (island group)

Chile

33 00 S

80 00 W

Juan de Fuca, Strait of

Pacific Ocean

48 18 N

124 00 W

Jubal, Strait of

Indian Ocean

27 40 N

33 55 E

Judaea (region)

Israel, West Bank

31 35 N

35 00 E

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, 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

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)

Serbia

42 30 N

21 00 E

Kosrae (island)

Federated States of Micronesia

5 20 N

163 00 E

Kowloon (city)

Hong Kong

22 18 N

114 10 E

Kra, Isthmus of

Burma, Thailand

10 20 N

99 00 E

Krakatoa (volcano)

Indonesia

6 07 S

105 24 E

Krakow (city)

Poland

50 03 N

19 56 E

Kuala Lumpur (capital)

Malaysia

3 10 N

101 42 E

Kunashiri (island; also Kunashir)

Russia (de facto)

44 20 N

146 00 E

Kunlun Mountains

China

36 00 N

84 00 E

Kuril Islands

Russia (de facto)

46 10 N

152 00 E

Kuwait (capital)

Kuwait

29 20 N

47 59 E

Kuznetsk Basin

Russia

54 00 N

86 00 E

Kwajalein Atoll

Marshall Islands

9 05 N

167 20 E

Kyiv (capital)

Ukraine

50 26 N

30 31 E

Kyushu (island)

Japan

33 00 N

131 00 E

La Paz (administrative capital)

Bolivia

16 30 S

68 09 W

La Perouse Strait

Pacific Ocean

45 45 N

142 00 E

Labrador (peninsula, region)

Canada

54 00 N

62 00 W

Labrador Sea

Atlantic Ocean

60 00 N

55 00 W

Laccadive Islands

India

10 00 N

73 00 E

Laccadive Sea

Indian Ocean

7 00 N

76 00 E

Lagos (former capital)

Nigeria

6 27 N

3 24 E

Lahore (city)

Pakistan

31 33 N

74 23 E

Lake Erie

Atlantic Ocean

42 30 N

81 00 W

Lake Huron

Atlantic Ocean

45 00 N

83 00 W

Lake Michigan

Atlantic Ocean

43 30 N

87 30 W

Lake Ontario

Atlantic Ocean

43 30 N

78 00 W

Lake Superior

Atlantic Ocean

48 00 N

88 00 W

Lakshadweep (Laccadive Islands)

India

10 00 N

73 00 E

Lantau Island

Hong Kong

22 15 N

113 55 E

Lao (local name for Laos)

Laos

18 00 N

105 00 E

Laptev Sea

Arctic Ocean

76 00 N

126 00 E

Las Palmas (city)

Spain (Canary Islands)

28 06 N

15 24 W

Latakia (region)

Syria

36 00 N

35 50 E

Latvija (local name for Latvia)

Latvia

57 00 N

25 00 E

Lau Group (island group)

Fiji

18 20 S

178 30 E

Lefkosa (see Nicosia)

Cyprus

35 10 N

33 22 E

Leipzig (city)

Germany

51 21 N

12 23 E

Lemnos (island)

Greece

39 54 N

25 21 E

Leningrad (city; former name for Saint Petersburg)

Russia

59 55 N

30 15 E

Lesser Sunda Islands

Indonesia

9 00 S

120 00 E

Lesvos (island)

Greece

39 15 N

26 15 E

Leyte (island)

Philippines

10 50 N

124 50 E

Liancourt Rocks (claimed by Japan)

South Korea

37 15 N

131 50 E

Liaodong Wan (gulf)

Pacific Ocean

40 30 N

121 20 E

Liban (local name for Lebanon)

Lebanon

33 50 N

36 50 E

Libreville (capital)

Gabon

0 23 N

9 27 E

Lietuva (local name for Lithuania)

Lithuania

56 00 N

24 00 E

Ligurian Sea

Atlantic Ocean

43 30 N

9 00 E

Lilongwe (capital)

Malawi

13 59 S

33 44 E

Lima (capital)

Peru

12 03 S

77 03 W

Lincoln Sea

Arctic Ocean

83 00 N

56 00 W

Line Islands

Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef, Kiribati, Palmyra Atoll

0 05 N

157 00 W

Lion, Gulf of

Atlantic Ocean

43 20 N

4 00 E

Lisbon (capital)

Portugal

38 43 N

9 08 W

Little Belt (strait; also Lille Baelt)

Atlantic Ocean

55 05 N

9 55 E

Ljubljana (capital)

Slovenia

46 03 N

14 31 E

Llanos (region)

Venezuela

8 00 N

68 00 W

Lobamba (city)

Swaziland

26 27 S

31 12 E

Lombok (island)

Indonesia

8 28 S

116 40 E

Lombok Strait

Indian Ocean

8 30 S

115 50 E

Lome (capital)

Togo

6 08 N

1 13 E

London (capital)

United Kingdom

51 30 N

0 10 W

Longyearbyen (capital)

Svalbard

78 13 N

15 33 E

Lord Howe Island

Australia

31 30 S

159 00 E

Lorraine (region)

France

48 42 N

6 11 E

Louisiade Archipelago

Papua New Guinea

11 00 S

153 00 E

Lourenco Marques (city; former name for Maputo)

Mozambique

25 56 S

32 34 E

Loyalty Islands (Iles Loyaute)

New Caledonia

21 00 S

167 00 E

Luanda (capital)

Angola

8 48 S

13 14 E

Lubnan (local name for Lebanon)

Lebanon

33 50 N

36 50 E

Lubumbashi (city)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

11 40 S

27 28 E

Lusaka (capital)

Zambia

15 25 S

28 17 E

Luxembourg (capital)

Luxembourg

49 45 N

6 10 E

Luzon (island)

Philippines

16 00 N

121 00 E

Luzon Strait

Pacific Ocean

20 30 N

121 00 E

Lyakhov Islands

Russia

73 45 N

138 00 E

Macao

Macau

22 10 N

113 33 E

Macau (special administrative region)

China

22 10 N

113 33 E

Macquarie Island

Australia

54 36 S

158 54 E

Madagasikara (local name for Madagascar)

Madagascar

20 00 S

47 00 E

Maddalena, Isola

Italy

41 13 N

09 24 E

Madeira Islands

Portugal

32 40 N

16 45 W

Madras (city; see Chennai)

India

13 04 N

80 16 E

Madrid (capital)

Spain

40 24 N

3 41 W

Magellan, Strait of

Atlantic Ocean

54 00 S

71 00 W

Maghreb (region)

Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia

34 00 N

3 00 E

Magreb (local name for Morocco)

Morocco

32 00 N

5 00 W

Magyarorszag (local name for Hungary)

Hungary

47 00 N

20 00 E

Mahe Island

Seychelles

4 41 S

55 30 E

Maiz, Islas del (Corn Islands)

Nicaragua

12 15 N

83 00 W

Majorca Island (Isla de Mallorca)

Spain

39 30 N

3 00 E

Majuro (capital)

Marshall Islands

7 05 N

171 08 E

Makassar Strait

Pacific Ocean

2 00 S

117 30 E

Makedonija (local name for Macedonia)

Macedonia

41 50 N

22 00 E

Malabo (capital)

Equatorial Guinea

3 45 N

8 47 E

Malacca, Strait of

Indian Ocean

2 30 N

101 20 E

Malagasy Republic

Madagascar

20 00 S

47 00 E

Malay Archipelago

Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines

2 30 N

120 00 E

Malay Peninsula

Malaysia, Thailand

7 10 N

100 35 E

Male (capital)

Maldives

4 10 N

73 31 E

Mallorca, Isla de (island; also Majorca)

Spain

39 30 N

3 00 E

Malmady (region)

Belgium

50 26 N

6 02 E

Malpelo, Isla de (island)

Colombia

4 00 N

90 30 W

Malta Channel

Atlantic Ocean

56 44 N

26 53 E

Malvinas, Islas (island group)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

51 45 S

59 00 W

Mamoutzou (capital)

Mayotte

12 47 S

45 14 E

Managua (capital)

Nicaragua

12 09 N

86 17 W

Manama (capital)

Bahrain

26 13 N

50 35 E

Manchukuo (former state)

China

44 00 N

124 00 E

Manchuria (region)

China

44 00 N

124 00 E

Manila (capital)

Philippines

14 35 N

121 00 E

Manipa Strait

Pacific Ocean

3 20 S

127 23 E

Mannar, Gulf of

Indian Ocean

8 30 N

79 00 E

Manua Islands

American Samoa

14 13 S

169 35 W

Maputo (capital)

Mozambique

25 58 S

32 35 E

Marcus Island (Minami-tori-shima)

Japan

24 16 N

154 00 E

Margarita, Isla (island)

Venezuela

10 00 N

64 00 W

Mariana Islands

Guam, Northern Mariana Islands

16 00 N

145 30 E

Marie Byrd Land (region)

Antarctica

77 00 S

130 00 W

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

N'Djamena (capital)

Chad

12 07 N

15 03 E

Nagorno-Karabakh (region)

Azerbaijan

40 00 N

46 40 E

Nairobi (capital)

Kenya

1 17 S

36 49 E

Namib (desert)

Namibia

24 00 S

15 00 E

Nampo-shoto (island group)

Japan

30 00 N

140 00 E

Nan Madol (ruins)

Federated States of Micronesia

6 85 N

158 35 E

Naples (city)

Italy

40 51 N

14 15 E

Nassau (capital)

The Bahamas

25 05 N

77 21 W

Natal (region)

South Africa

29 00 S

30 25 E

Natuna Besar Islands

Indonesia

3 30 N

102 30 E

Natuna Sea

Pacific Ocean

3 30 N

108 00 E

Naxcivan (region)

Azerbaijan

39 20 N

45 20 E

Naxos (island)

Greece

37 05 N

25 30 E

Nederland (local name for the Netherlands)

Netherlands

52 30 N

5 45 E

Nederlandse Antillen (local name for the Netherlands Antilles)

Netherlands Antilles

12 15 N

68 45 W

Negev (region)

Israel

30 30 N

34 55 E

Negros (island)

Philippines

10 00 N

123 00 E

Nejd (region)

Saudi Arabia

24 05 N

45 15 E

Netherlands East Indies (former name for Indonesia)

Indonesia

5 00 S

120 00 E

Netherlands Guiana (former name for Suriname)

Suriname

4 00 N

56 00 W

Nevis (island)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

17 09 N

62 35 W

New Britain (island)

Papua New Guinea

6 00 S

150 00 E

New Delhi (capital)

India

28 36 N

77 12 E

New Guinea (island)

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea

5 00 S

140 00 E

New Hebrides (island group)

Vanuatu

16 00 S

167 00 E

New Ireland (island)

Papua New Guinea

3 20 N

152 00 E

New Siberian Islands

Russia

75 00 N

142 00 E

New Territories (mainland region)

Hong Kong

22 24 N

114 10 E

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

Canada

52 00 N

56 00 W

Niamey (capital)

Niger

13 31 N

2 07 E

Nicobar Islands

India

8 00 N

93 30 E

Nicosia (capital; also Lefkosia)

Cyprus

35 10 N

33 22 E

Nightingale Island

Saint Helena

37 25 S

12 30 W

Nihon, Nippon (local name for Japan)

Japan

36 00 N

138 00 E

Nomoi Islands (Mortlock Islands)

Federated States of Micronesia

5 30 N

153 40 E

Norge (local name for Norway)

Norway

62 00 N

10 00 E

Norman Isles (Channel Islands)

Guernsey, Jersey

49 20 N

2 20 W

North Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

30 00 N

45 00 W

North Channel

Atlantic Ocean

55 10 N

5 40 W

North Frisian Islands

Denmark, Germany

54 50 N

8 12 E

North Greenland Sea

Arctic Ocean

78 00 N

5 00 W

North Island

New Zealand

39 00 S

176 00 E

North Ossetia (region)

Russia

43 00 N

44 10 E

North Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

30 00 N

165 00 W

North Sea

Atlantic Ocean

56 00 N

4 00 E

North Vietnam (former name for northern portion of Vietnam)

Vietnam

23 00 N

106 00 E

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

Yemen

15 00 N

44 00 E

Northeast Providence Channel

Atlantic Ocean

25 40 N

77 09 W

Northern Areas

Pakistan

36 0 N

75 0 E

Northern Cyprus (region)

Cyprus

35 15 N

33 44 E

Northern Epirus (region)

Albania, Greece

40 00 N

20 30 E

Northern Grenadines (political region)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

12 45 N

61 15 W

Northern Ireland

United Kingdom

54 40 N

6 45 W

Northern Rhodesia (former name for Zambia)

Zambia

15 00 S

30 00 E

Northwest Passages

Arctic Ocean

74 40 N

100 00 W

Norwegian Sea

Atlantic Ocean

66 00 N

6 00 E

Nouakchott (capital)

Mauritania

18 06 N

15 57 W

Noumea (capital)

New Caledonia

22 16 S

166 27 E

Nouvelle-Caledonie (local name for New Caledonia)

New Caledonia

21 30 S

165 30 E

Nouvelles Hebrides (former name for Vanuatu)

Vanuatu

16 00 S

167 00 E

Novaya Zemlya (islands)

Russia

74 00 N

57 00 E

Nubia (region)

Egypt, Sudan

20 30 N

33 00 E

Nuku'alofa (capital)

Tonga

21 08 S

175 12 W

Nunavut (region)

Canada

72 00 N

90 00 W

Nuuk (capital; also Godthab)

Greenland

64 11 N

51 44 W

Nyasaland (former name for Malawi)

Malawi

13 30 S

34 00 E

Nyassa (region)

Mozambique

13 30 S

37 00 E

Oahu (island)

United States (Hawaii)

21 30 N

158 00 W

Ocean Island (Banaba)

Kiribati

0 52 S

169 35 E

Ocean Island (Kure Island)

United States

28 25 N

178 20 W

Oesterreich (local name for Austria)

Austria

47 20 N

13 20 E

Ogaden (region)

Ethiopia, Somalia

7 00 N

46 00 E

Oil Islands (Chagos Archipelago)

British Indian Ocean Territory

6 00 S

71 30 E

Okhotsk, Sea of

Pacific Ocean

53 00 N

150 00 E

Okinawa (island group)

Japan

26 30 N

128 00 E

Oland (island)

Sweden

56 45 N

16 40 E

Oman, Gulf of

Indian Ocean

24 30 N

58 30 E

Ombai Strait

Pacific Ocean

8 30 S

125 00 E

Oran (city)

Algeria

35 43 N

0 43 W

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

South Africa

28 20 S

26 40 E

Oranjestad (capital)

Aruba

12 33 N

70 06 W

Oresund (The Sound) (strait)

Atlantic Ocean

55 50 N

12 40 E

Orkney Islands

United Kingdom

59 00 N

3 00 W

Osaka (city)

Japan

34 42 N

135 30 E

Oslo (capital)

Norway

59 55 N

10 45 E

Osumi Strait (Van Diemen Strait)

Pacific Ocean

31 00 N

131 00 E

Otranto, Strait of

Atlantic Ocean

40 00 N

19 00 E

Ottawa (capital)

Canada

45 25 N

75 40 W

Ouagadougou (capital)

Burkina Faso

12 22 N

1 31 W

Outer Hebrides (islands)

United Kingdom

57 45 N

7 00 W

Outer Mongolia (region)

Mongolia

46 00 N

105 00 E

P'yongyang (capital)

North Korea

39 01 N

125 45 E

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

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

10 00 N

155 00 E

Pagan (island)

Northern Mariana Islands

18 08 N

145 47 E

Pago Pago (capital)

American Samoa

14 16 S

170 42 W

Palawan (island)

Philippines

9 30 N

118 30 E

Palermo (city)

Italy

38 07 N

13 21 E

Palestine (region)

Israel, West Bank

32 00 N

35 15 E

Palikir (capital)

Federated States of Micronesia

6 55 N

158 08 E

Palk Strait

Indian Ocean

10 00 N

79 45 E

Pamirs (mountains)

China, Tajikistan

38 00 N

73 00 E

Pampas (region)

Argentina

35 00 S

63 00 W

Panama (capital)

Panama

8 58 N

79 32 W

Panama Canal

Panama

9 00 N

79 45 W

Panama, Gulf of

Pacific Ocean

8 00 N

79 30 W

Panay (island)

Philippines

11 15 N

122 30 E

Pantelleria, Isola di (island)

Italy

36 47 N

12 00 E

Papeete (capital)

French Polynesia

17 32 S

149 34 W

Paramaribo (capital)

Suriname

5 50 N

55 10 W

Parece Vela (island)

Japan

20 20 N

136 00 E

Paris (capital)

France

48 52 N

2 20 E

Pascua, Isla de (Easter Island)

Chile

27 07 S

109 22 W

Pashtunistan (region)

Afghanistan, Pakistan

32 00 N

69 00 E

Passion, Ile de la (island)

Clipperton Island

10 17 N

109 13 W

Patagonia (region)

Argentina

48 00 S

61 00 W

Peking (see Beijing)

China

39 56 N

116 24 E

Pelagian Islands (Isole Pelagie)

Italy

35 40 N

12 40 E

Peleliu (Beliliou) (island)

Palau

7 01 N

134 15 E

Peloponnese (peninsula)

Greece

37 30 N

22 25 E

Pemba Island

Tanzania

5 20 S

39 45 E

Penang Island

Malaysia

5 23 N

100 15 E

Pentland Firth (channel)

Atlantic Ocean

58 44 N

3 13 W

Perim (island)

Yemen

12 39 N

43 25 E

Perouse Strait, La

Pacific Ocean

44 45 N

142 00 E

Persia (former name for Iran)

Iran

32 00 N

53 00 E

Persian Gulf

Indian Ocean

27 00 N

51 00 E

Perth (city)

Australia

31 56 S

115 50 E

Pescadores (islands)

Taiwan

23 30 N

119 30 E

Peshawar (city)

Pakistan

34 01 N

71 40 E

Peter I Island

Antarctica

68 48 S

90 35 W

Petrograd (city; former name for Saint Petersburg)

Russia

59 55 N

30 15 E

Philip Island

Norfolk Island

29 08 S

167 57 E

Philippine Sea

Pacific Ocean

20 00 N

134 00 E

Phnom Penh (capital)

Cambodia

11 33 N

104 55 E

Phoenix Islands

Kiribati

3 30 S

172 00 W

Pinatubo, Mount (volcano)

Philippines

15 08 N

120 21 E

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

Cuba

21 40 N

82 50 W

Pleasant Island

Nauru

0 32 S

166 55 E

Plymouth (capital)

Montserrat

16 44 N

62 14 W

Podgorica (administrative capital)

Montenegro

42 26 N

19 16 E

Polska (local name)

Poland

52 00 N

20 00 E

Polynesie Francaise (local name for French Polynesia)

French Polynesia

15 00 S

140 00 W

Pomerania (region)

Germany, Poland

53 40 N

15 35 E

Ponape (Pohnpei) (island)

Federated States of Micronesia

6 55 N

158 15 E

Port Louis (capital)

Mauritius

20 10 S

57 30 E

Port Moresby (capital)

Papua New Guinea

9 30 S

147 10 E

Port-Vila (capital)

Vanuatu

17 44 S

168 19 E

Port-au-Prince (capital)

Haiti

18 32 N

72 20 W

Port-of-Spain (capital)

Trinidad and Tobago

10 39 N

61 31 W

Porto-Novo (capital)

Benin

6 29 N

2 37 E

Portuguese East Africa (former name for Mozambique)

Mozambique

18 15 S

35 00 E

Portuguese Guinea (former name for Guinea-Bissau)

Guinea-Bissau

12 00 N

15 00 W

Portuguese Timor (former name for 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

Prussia (region)

Germany, Poland, Russia

53 00 N

14 00 E

Pukapuka Atoll

Cook Islands

10 53 S

165 49 W

Punjab (region)

India, Pakistan

30 50 N

73 30 E

Puntland (region)

Somalia

8 21 N

49 08 E

Qazaqstan (local name for Kazakhstan)

Kazakhstan

48 00 N

68 00 E

Qita Ghazzah (local name Gaza Strip)

Gaza Strip

31 25 N

34 20 E

Quebec (city)

Canada

46 48 N

71 15 W

Queen Charlotte Islands

Canada

53 00 N

132 00 W

Queen Elizabeth Islands

Canada

78 00 N

95 00 W

Queen Maud Land (claimed by Norway)

Antarctica

73 30 S

12 00 E

Quemoy (island)

Taiwan

24 27 N

118 23 E

Quito (capital)

Ecuador

0 13 S

78 30 W

Rabat (capital)

Morocco

34 02 N

6 51 W

Ralik Chain (island group)

Marshall Islands

8 00 N

167 00 E

Rangoon (capital; also Yangon)

Burma

16 47 N

96 10 E

Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

Chile

27 07 S

109 22 W

Ratak Chain (island group)

Marshall Islands

9 00 N

171 00 E

Red Sea

Indian Ocean

20 00 N

38 00 E

Redonda (island)

Antigua and Barbuda

16 55 N

62 19 W

Republica Dominicana (local name for Dominican Republic)

Dominican Republic

19 00 N

70 40 W

Republique Centrafricain (local name for Central African Republic)

Central African Republic

7 00 N

21 00 E

Republique Francaise (local name for France)

France

46 00 N

2 00 E

Republique Gabonaise (local name for Gabon)

Gabon

1 00 S

11 45 E

Republique Rwandaise (local name for Rwanda)

Rwanda

2 00 S

30 00 E

Republique Togolaise (local name for Togo)

Togo

8 00 N

1 10 E

Revillagigedo Island

United States (Alaska)

55 35 N

131 06 W

Revillagigedo Islands

Mexico

19 00 N

112 45 W

Reykjavik (capital)

Iceland

64 09 N

21 57 W

Rhodes (island)

Greece

36 10 N

28 00 E

Rhodesia, Northern (former name for Zambia)

Zambia

15 00 S

30 00 E

Rhodesia, Southern (former name for Zimbabwe)

Zimbabwe

20 00 S

30 00 E

Riga (capital)

Latvia

56 57 N

24 06 E

Riga, Gulf of

Atlantic Ocean

57 30 N

23 30 E

Rio Muni (mainland region)

Equatorial Guinea

1 30 N

10 00 E

Rio de Janiero (city)

Brazil

22 55 S

43 17 W

Rio de Oro (region)

Western Sahara

23 45 N

15 45 W

Rio de la Plata (gulf)

Atlantic Ocean

35 00 S

59 00 W

Riyadh (capital)

Saudi Arabia

24 38 N

46 43 E

Road Town (capital)

British Virgin Islands

18 27 N

64 37 W

Robinson Crusoe Island (Mas a Tierra)

Chile

33 38 S

78 52 W

Rocas, Atol das (island)

Brazil

3 51 S

33 49 W

Rockall (island)

United Kingdom

57 35 N

13 48 W

Rodrigues (island)

Mauritius

19 42 S

63 25 E

Rome (capital)

Italy

41 54 N

12 29 E

Roncador Cay (island)

Colombia

13 32 N

80 03 W

Roosevelt Island

Antarctica

79 30 S

162 00 W

Roseau (capital)

Dominica

15 18 N

61 24 W

Ross Dependency (claimed by New Zealand)

Antarctica

80 00 S

180 00 E

Ross Island

Antarctica

81 30 S

175 00 W

Ross Sea

Antarctica, Southern Ocean

76 00 S

175 00 W

Rossiya (local name for Russia)

Russia

60 00 N

100 00 E

Rota (island)

Northern Mariana Islands

14 10 N

145 12 E

Rotuma (island)

Fiji

12 30 S

177 05 E

Ruanda (former name for Rwanda)

Rwanda

2 00 S

30 00 E

Rub al Khali (desert)

Saudi Arabia

19 30 N

49 00 E

Rumelia (region)

Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia

42 00 N

22 30 E

Ruthenia (region; former name for Carpatho-Ukraine)

Ukraine

48 22 N

23 32 E

Ryukyu Islands

Japan

26 30 N

128 00 E

Saar (region)

Germany

49 25 N

7 00 E

Saaremaa (island)

Estonia

58 25 N

22 30 E

Saba (island)

Netherlands Antilles

17 38 N

63 10 W

Sabah (state)

Malaysia

5 20 N

117 10 E

Sable Island

Canada

43 55 N

59 50 W

Safety Islands (Iles du Salut)

French Guiana

5 20 N

52 37 W

Sahara Occidental (former name for Western Sahara)

Western Sahara

24 30 N

13 00 W

Sahel (region)

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

15 00 N

8 00 W

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

Vietnam

10 45 N

106 40 E

Saint Barthelemy (island; also Saint Bart's)

Guadeloupe

17 55 N

62 52 W

Saint Brandon (Cargados Carajos Shoals)

Mauritius

16 25 S

59 38 E

Saint Christopher (island)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

17 20 N

62 45 W

Saint Christopher and Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis

17 20 N

62 45 W

Saint Eustatius (island)

Netherlands Antilles

17 30 N

63 00 W

Saint George's (capital)

Grenada

12 03 N

61 45 W

Saint George's Channel