Appendix F - | Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names

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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 45W
Aqaba, Gulf of | Indian Ocean | 29 00 N | 34 30 E
Arab, Shatt al (river) | Iran, Iraq | 29 57 N | 48 34 E
Arabian Sea | Indian Ocean | 15 00 N | 65 00 E
Arafura Sea | Pacific Ocean | 9 00 S | 133 00 E
Aral Sea | Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan | 45 00 N | 60 00 E
Argun River | China, Russia | 53 20 N | 121 28 E
Aru Sea | Pacific Ocean | 6 15 S | 135 00 E
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 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, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, 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, Serbia and Montenegro, Romania | 45 30 N | 21 00 E
Banda Sea | Pacific Ocean | 5 00 S | 128 00 E
Bandar Seri Begawan (capital) | Brunei | 4 52 S | 114 55 E
Bangka (island) | Indonesia | 2 30 S | 106 00 E
Bangkok (capital) | Thailand | 13 45 N | 100 31 E
Bangui (capital) | Central African Republic | 4 22 N | 18 35 E
Banjul (capital) | The Gambia | 13 28 N | 16 39 W
Banks Island | Australia | 10 12 S | 142 16 E
Banks Island | Canada | 75 15 N | 121 30 W
Banks Islands (Iles Banks) | Vanuatu | 14 00 S | 167 30 E
Barbuda (island) | Antigua and Barbuda | 17 38 N | 61 48 W
Barents Sea | Arctic Ocean | 74 00 N | 36 00 E
Barranquilla (city) | Colombia | 10 59 N | 74 48 W
Bashi Channel | Pacific Ocean | 22 00 N | 121 00 E
Basilan Strait | Pacific Ocean | 6 49 N | 122 05 E
Basque Provinces | Spain | 43 00 N | 2 30 W
Bass Strait | Pacific Ocean | 39 20 S | 145 30 E
Basse-Terre (capital) | Guadeloupe | 16 00 N | 61 44 W
Basseterre (capital) | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17 18 N | 62 43 W
Bastia (city) | France (Corsica) | 42 42 N | 9 27 E
Basutoland (former name for Lesotho) | Lesotho | 29 30 S | 28 30 E
Batan Islands | Philippines | 20 30 N | 121 50 E
Bavaria (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
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 and Montenegro | 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 (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
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 28 W
Cape of Good Hope (cape; also alternate name for Cape Province of South Africa) | South Africa | 34 15 S | 18 25 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
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
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
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) | 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) | East Timor | 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
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
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
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 (capital) | 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
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, former name for Fongafale) | 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
Guadalcanal (island) | Solomon Islands | 9 32 S | 160 12 E
Guadalupe, Isla de (island) | Mexico | 29 11 N | 118 17 W
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
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
Halmahera (island) | Indonesia | 1 00 N | 128 00 E
Halmahera Sea | Pacific Ocean | 0 30 S | 129 00 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 (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 and Montenegro | 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, Serbia and Montenegro, 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
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 (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 (capital) | 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 and Montenegro | 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
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, Kyyiv (see Kiev) | 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
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
Lemnos (island) | Greece | 39 54 N | 25 21 E
Leningrad (see 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
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
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
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
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
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
Montenegro (political region) | Serbia and Montenegro | 42 30 N | 19 00 E
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 | India | 18 58 N | 72 49 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
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) | 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
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
Pescadores (islands) | Taiwan | 23 30 N | 119 30 E
Peter I Island | Antarctica | 68 48 S | 90 35 W
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
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 East Timor) | East Timor | 9 00 S | 126 00 E
Poznan (city) | Poland | 52 25 N | 16 55 E
Prague (capital) | Czech Republic | 40 55 N | 21 00 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 45 S | 28 10 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
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 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 | Atlantic Ocean | 52 00 N | 6 00 W
Saint Helena Island | Saint Helena | 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-Martin (island; also Sint Maarten) | Guadeloupe | 18 04 N | 63 04 W
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) | Serbia and Montenegro | 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 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
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 | 18 44 N | 64 19 W
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
Shetland Islands | United Kingdom | 60 30 N | 1 30 W
Shikoku (island) | Japan | 33 45 N | 133 30 E
Shikotan (island) | Russia (de facto) | 43 47 N | 146 45 E
Shqiperia (local name for Albania) | Albania | 41 00 N | 20 00 E
Siam (former name for Thailand) | Thailand | 15 00 N | 100 00 E
Siberia (region) | Russia | 60 00 N | 100 00 E
Sibutu Passage | Pacific Ocean | 4 50 N | 119 35 E
Sicily (island) | Italy | 37 30 N | 14 00 E
Sicily, Strait of | Atlantic Ocean | 37 20 N | 11 20 E
Sidra, Gulf of | Atlantic Ocean | 31 30 N | 18 00 E
Sikkim (state) | India | 27 50 N | 88 30 E
Silesia (region) | Czech Republic, Germany, Poland | 51 00 N | 17 00 E
Sinai Peninsula | Egypt | 29 30 N | 34 00 E
Singapore (capital) | Singapore | 1 17 N | 103 51 E
Singapore Strait | Pacific Ocean | 1 15 N | 104 00 E
Sinkiang (autonomous region; also Xinjiang) | China | 42 00 N | 86 00 E
Sint Eustatius (island) | Netherlands Antilles | 17 29 N | 62 58 W
Sint Maarten (island; also Saint-Martin) | Netherlands Antilles | 18 04 N | 63 04 W
Sjaelland (island) | Denmark | 55 30 N | 12 00 E
Skagerrak (strait) | Atlantic Ocean | 57 45 N | 9 00 E
Skopje (capital) | Macedonia | 41 59 N | 21 26 E
Slavonia (region) | Croatia | 45 27 N | 18 00 E
Slovenija (local name for Slovenia) | Slovenia | 46 00 N | 15 00 E
Slovensko (local name for Slovakia) | Slovakia | 48 40 N | 19 30 E
Smyrna (region; former name for Izmir) | Turkey | 38 25 N | 27 10 E
Society Islands (Iles de la Societe) | French Polynesia | 17 00 S | 150 00 W
Socotra (island) | Yemen | 12 30 N | 54 00 E
Sofia (capital) | Bulgaria | 42 41 N | 23 19 E
Solomon Islands, northern | Papua New Guinea | 6 00 S | 155 00 E
Solomon Islands, southern | Solomon Islands | 8 00 S | 159 00 E
Solomon Sea | Pacific Ocean | 8 00 S | 153 00 E
Somaliland (region) | Somalia | 9 30 N | 46 00 E
Somers Islands (former name for Bermuda) | Bermuda | 32 20 N | 64 45 W
Songkhla (city) | Thailand | 7 12 N | 100 36 E
Sound, The (strait; also Oresund) | Atlantic Ocean | 55 50 N | 12 40 E
South Atlantic Ocean | Atlantic Ocean | 30 00 S | 15 00 W
South China Sea | Pacific Ocean | 10 00 N | 113 00 E
South Georgia (island) | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 54 15 S | 36 45 W
South Island | New Zealand | 43 00 S | 171 00 E
South Korea | South Korea | 37 00 N | 127 30 E
South Orkney Islands | Antarctica | 61 00 S | 45 00 W
South Ossetia (region) | Georgia | 42 20 N | 44 00 E
South Pacific Ocean | Pacific Ocean | 30 00 S | 130 00 W
South Sandwich Islands | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 57 45 S | 26 30 W
South Shetland Islands | Antarctica | 62 00 S | 59 00 W
South Tyrol (region) | Italy | 46 30 N | 10 30 E
South Vietnam (former name for the southern portion of Vietnam) | Vietnam | 12 00 N | 108 00 E
South Yemen (People's Democratic Republic of Yemen; now part of Yemen) | Yemen | 14 00 N | 48 00 E
South-West Africa (former name for Namibia) | Namibia | 22 00 S | 17 00 E
Southern Grenadines (island group) | Grenada | 12 20 N | 61 30 W
Southern Rhodesia (former name for Zimbabwe) | Zimbabwe | 20 00 S | 30 00 E
Soviet Union (former name of a large Eurasian empire, roughly coequal with the former Russian Empire) | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan |  |
Spanish Guinea (former name for Equatorial Guinea) | Equatorial Guinea | 2 00 N | 10 00 E
Spanish Morocco (former name for northern Morocco) | Morocco | 32 00 N | 7 00 W
Spanish North Africa (exclaves) | Spain (Ceuta, Islas Chafarinas, Melilla, Penon de Alhucemas, Penon de Velez de la Gomera) | 35 15 N | 4 00 W
Spanish Sahara (former name) | Western Sahara | 24 30 N | 13 00 W
Spanish West Africa (former name for Ifni and Spanish Sahara) | Morocco, Western Sahara | 25 00 N | 13 00 W
Spice Islands (Moluccas) | Indonesia | 2 00 S | 28 00 E
Spitsbergen (island) | Svalbard | 78 00 N | 20 00 E
Srbija-Crna Gora (local name for Serbia and Montenegro) | Serbia and Montenegro | 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
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
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
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
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) | East Timor, Indonesia | 9 00 S | 125 00 E
Timor Sea | Pacific Ocean | 11 00 S | 128 00 E
Timor-Leste, Timor Lorosa'e (local names for East Timor) | East Timor | 9 00 N | 126 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
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 | 37 15 S | 12 30 W
Trobriand Islands | Papua New Guinea | 8 38 S | 151 04 E
Trucial Coast (former name for the United Arab Emirates) | United Arab Emirates | 24 00 N | 54 00 E
Trucial Oman (former name for the United Arab Emirates) | United Arab Emirates | 24 00 N | 54 00 E
Trucial States (former name for the United Arab Emirates) | United Arab Emirates | 24 00 N | 54 00 E
Truk Islands (former name for the Chuuk Islands) | Federated States of Micronesia | 7 25 N | 151 47 E
Tsugaru Strait | Pacific Ocean | 41 35 N | 141 00 E
Tuamotu Islands (Iles Tuamotu) | French Polynesia | 19 00 S | 142 00 W
Tubuai Islands (Iles Tubuai) | French Polynesia | 23 00 S | 150 00 W
Tunb al Kubra (island) | Iran | 26 14 N | 55 19 E
Tunb as Sughra (island) | Iran | 26 14 N | 55 09 E
Tunis (capital) | Tunisia | 36 48 N | 10 11 E
Turin (city) | Italy | 45 04 N | 7 40 E
Turkish Straits (see Bosporus and Dardenelles) | Atlantic Ocean | 40 40 N | 28 00 E
Turkiye (local name for Turkey) | Turkey | 39 00 N | 35 00 E
Turkmenia, Turkmeniya (former name for Turkmenistan) | Turkmenistan | 40 00 N | 60 00 E
Turks Island Passage | Atlantic Ocean | 21 40 N | 71 00 W
Tuscany (region) | Italy | 43 25 N | 11 00 E
Tutuila (island) | American Samoa | 14 18 S | 170 42 W
Tyrrhenian Sea | Atlantic Ocean | 40 00 N | 12 00 E
Ubangi-Shari (former name for the Central African Republic | Central African Republic | 6 38 N | 20 33 E
Ukrayina (local name for Ukraine) | Ukraine | 49 00 N | 32 00 E
Ulaanbaatar (capital) | Mongolia | 47 55 N | 106 53 E
Ullung-do (island) | South Korea | 37 29 N | 130 52 E
Ulster (region) | Ireland, United Kingdom | 54 35 N | 7 00 W
Uman (local name for Oman) | Oman | 21 00 N | 57 00 E
Unimak Pass (strait) | Pacific Ocean | 54 20 N | 164 50 W
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or USSR (former name of a large Eurasian empire, roughly coequal with the former Russian Empire) | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan |  |
United Arab Republic or UAR (former name for a federation between Egypt and Syria) | Egypt, Syria |  |
Upper Volta (former name for Burkina Faso) | Burkina Faso | 13 00 N | 2 00 W
Ural Mountains | Kazakhstan, Russia | 60 00 N | 60 00 E
Urdunn (local name for Jordan) | Jordan | 31 00 N | 36 00 E
Urundi (former name for Burundi) | Burundi | 3 30 S | 30 00 E
Ussuri River | China, Russia | 48 28 N | 135 02 E
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 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 and Montenegro | 45 35 N | 20 00 E
Volcano Islands | Japan | 25 00 N | 141 00 E
Vostok Island | Kiribati | 10 06 S | 152 23 W
Wake Atoll | Wake Island | 19 17 N | 166 39 E
Wakhan Corridor (see Vakhan) | Afghanistan | 37 00 N | 73 00 E
Walachia (region) | Romania | 44 45 N | 26 05 E
Wales (region) | United Kingdom | 52 30 N | 3 30 W
Wallis Islands | Wallis and Futuna | 13 17 S | 176 10 W
Walvis Bay (city; former exclave) | Namibia | 22 59 S | 14 31 E
Warsaw (capital) | Poland | 52 15 N | 21 00 E
Washington, DC (capital) | United States | 38 53 N | 77 02 W
Weddell Sea | Southern Ocean | 72 00 S | 45 00 W
Wellington (capital) | New Zealand | 41 28 S | 174 51 E
West Frisian Islands | Netherlands | 53 26 N | 5 30 E
West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany; former name for western portion of Germany) | Germany | 53 22 N | 5 20 E
West Island (capital) | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 12 10 S | 96 55 E
West Korea Strait (Western Channel) | Pacific Ocean | 34 40 N | 129 00 E
West Pakistan (former name for present-day Pakistan) | Pakistan | 30 00 N | 70 00 E
West Siberian Plain | Russia | 60 00 N | 75 00 E
Western Channel (West Korea Strait) | Pacific Ocean | 34 40 N | 129 00 E
Western Samoa (former name for Samoa) | Samoa | 13 35 S | 172 20 W
Wetar Strait | Pacific Ocean | 8 20 S | 126 30 E
White Sea | Arctic Ocean | 65 30 N | 38 00 E
Wilkes Land (region) | Antarctica | 71 00 S | 120 00 E
Willemstad (capital) | Netherlands Antilles | 12 06 N | 68 56 W
Windhoek (capital) | Namibia | 22 34 S | 17 06 E
Windward Passage | Atlantic Ocean | 20 00 N | 73 50 W
Wrangel Island (Ostrov Vrangelya) | Russia | 71 14 N | 179 36 W
Xianggang (local name for Hong Kong) | Hong Kong | 22 15 N | 114 10 E
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) | 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
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 Serbia and Montenegro) | Serbia and Montenegro | 43 00 N | 21 00 E
Yugoslavia, Kingdom of (former name for a Balkan federation) | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia | 43 00 N | 19 00 E
Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of (former name for a Balkan federation) | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia | 43 00 N | 19 00 E
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

This page was last updated on 29 March, 2006