References
Geographic Names
This appendix cross-references a wide variety of geographic names to the appropriate Factbook 'country' entry. Additional information is included in parentheses. The latitude and longitude coordinates are in degrees and minutes.
Name | Entry in The World Factbook | Latitude | Longitude |
---|---|---|---|
Abidjan (capital) | Cote d'Ivoire | 5 19 N | 4 02 W |
Abkhazia (region) | Georgia | 43 00 N | 41 00 E |
Abu Dhabi, Abu Zaby (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 |
Ajman (city) | United Arab Emirates | 25 25 N | 55 27 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 (Ahvenanmaa) | 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 |
Anhalt (region) | Germany | 51 45 N | 11 55 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 Federation (former name for a federation between Iraq and Jordan) | Iraq, Jordan | ||
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 |
Aruba (Caribbean island; part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) | Aruba | 12 30 N | 69 58 W |
As-Sudan (local name for Sudan) | Sudan | 15 00 N | 30 00 E |
Ascension Island | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 7 57 S | 14 22 W |
Ashgabat, Ashkhabad (capital) | Turkmenistan | 37 57 N | 58 23 E |
Asmara, Asmera (capital) | Eritrea | 15 20 N | 38 53 E |
Assumption Island | Seychelles | 9 46 S | 46 34 E |
Astana (capital; formerly Akmola) | Kazakhstan | 51 10 N | 71 30 E |
Asuncion (capital) | Paraguay | 25 16 S | 57 40 W |
Asuncion Island | Northern Mariana Islands | 19 40 N | 145 24 E |
Atacama (desert) | Chile | 23 00 S | 70 10 W |
Atacama (region) | Chile | 24 30 S | 69 15 W |
Athens (capital) | Greece | 37 59 N | 23 44 E |
Attu Island | United States | 52 55 N | 172 57 E |
Auckland (city) | New Zealand | 36 52 S | 174 46 E |
Auckland Islands | New Zealand | 51 00 S | 166 30 E |
Australes, Iles (island group; also Iles Tubuai) | French Polynesia | 23 20 S | 151 00 W |
Aval, Awal (former name for Bahrain) | Bahrain | 26 00 N | 50 33 E |
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 |
Baikal (lake) | Russia | 53 30 N | 108 00 E |
Baku (capital; also Baki, Baky) | Azerbaijan | 40 23 N | 49 51 E |
Balabac Strait | Pacific Ocean | 7 35 N | 117 00 E |
Balearic Islands | Spain | 39 30 N | 3 00 E |
Balearic Sea (Iberian Sea) | Atlantic Ocean (Mediterranean Sea) | 40 30 N | 2 00 E |
Bali (island) | Indonesia | 8 20 S | 115 00 E |
Bali Sea | Indian Ocean | 7 45 S | 115 30 E |
Balintang Channel | Pacific Ocean | 19 49 N | 121 40 E |
Balintang Islands | Philippines | 19 55 N | 122 10 E |
Balkan Peninsula | Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, 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 Oriental (former name for Uruguay) | Uruguay | 33 00 S | 56 00 W |
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 Islands (Iles Banks) | Vanuatu | 14 00 S | 167 30 E |
Barbuda (island) | Antigua and Barbuda | 17 38 N | 61 48 W |
Barcelona (city) | Spain | 41 25 N | 2 13 E |
Barents Sea | Arctic Ocean | 74 00 N | 36 00 E |
Barranquilla (city) | Colombia | 10 59 N | 74 48 W |
Bashi Channel | Pacific Ocean | 22 00 N | 121 00 E |
Basilan Strait | Pacific Ocean | 6 49 N | 122 05 E |
Basque Provinces | Spain | 43 00 N | 2 30 W |
Bass Strait | Pacific Ocean | 39 20 S | 145 30 E |
Bassas da India | Indian Ocean | 21 30 S | 39 50 E |
Basse-Terre (regional capital) | France (Guadeloupe) | 16 00 N | 61 43 W |
Basseterre (capital) | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17 18 N | 62 43 W |
Bastia (city) | France (Corsica) | 42 42 N | 9 27 E |
Basutoland (former name for Lesotho) | Lesotho | 29 30 S | 28 30 E |
Batan Islands | Philippines | 20 30 N | 121 50 E |
Bavaria (region; also Bayern) | Germany | 48 30 N | 11 30 E |
Beagle Channel | Atlantic Ocean | 54 53 S | 68 10 W |
Bear Island (see Bjornoya) | Svalbard | 74 26 N | 19 05 E |
Beaufort Sea | Arctic Ocean | 73 00 N | 140 00 W |
Bechuanaland (former name for Botswana) | Botswana | 22 00 S | 24 00 E |
Beijing (capital) | China | 39 56 N | 116 24 E |
Beirut (capital) | Lebanon | 33 53 N | 35 30 E |
Bekaa Valley | Lebanon | 34 00 N | 36 05 E |
Belau (Palau Islands) | Palau | 7 30 N | 134 30 E |
Belep Islands (Iles Belep) | New Caledonia | 19 45 S | 163 40 E |
Belfast (city) | United Kingdom | 54 36 N | 5 55 W |
Belgian Congo (former name for Democratic Republic of the Congo) | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0 00 N | 25 00 E |
Belgie, Belgique (local name for Belgium) | Belgium | 50 50 N | 4 00 E |
Belgrade (capital) | Serbia | 44 50 N | 20 30 E |
Belize City | Belize | 17 30 N | 88 12 W |
Belle Isle, Strait of | Atlantic Ocean | 51 35 N | 56 30 W |
Bellingshausen Sea | Southern Ocean | 71 00 S | 85 00 W |
Belmopan (capital) | Belize | 17 15 N | 88 46 W |
Belorussia (former name for Belarus) | Belarus | 53 00 N | 28 00 E |
Benadir (region; former name of Italian Somaliland) | Somalia | 4 00 N | 46 00 E |
Bengal (region) | Bangladesh, India | 24 30 N | 88 15 E |
Bengal, Bay of | Indian Ocean | 15 00 N | 90 00 E |
Berau, Gulf of | Pacific Ocean | 2 30 S | 132 30 E |
Bering Island | Russia | 55 00 N | 166 30 E |
Bering Sea | Pacific Ocean | 60 00 N | 175 00 W |
Bering Strait | Pacific Ocean | 65 30 N | 169 00 W |
Berkner Island | Antarctica | 79 30 S | 49 30 W |
Berlin (capital) | Germany | 52 31 N | 13 24 E |
Berlin, East (former name for eastern sector of Berlin) | Germany | 52 30 N | 13 33 E |
Berlin, West (former name for western sector of Berlin) | Germany | 52 30 N | 13 20 E |
Bern (capital) | Switzerland | 46 57 N | 7 26 E |
Bessarabia (region) | Moldova, Romania, Ukraine | 47 00 N | 28 30 E |
Bharat (local name for India) | India | 20 00 N | 77 00 E |
Bhopal (city) | India | 23 16 N | 77 24 E |
Biafra (region) | Nigeria | 5 30 N | 7 30 E |
Big Diomede Island | Russia | 65 46 N | 169 06 W |
Bijagos, Arquipelago dos (island group) | Guinea-Bissau | 11 25 N | 16 20 W |
Bikini Atoll | Marshall Islands | 11 35 N | 165 23 E |
Bilbao (city) | Spain | 43 15 N | 2 58 W |
Bioko (island) | Equatorial Guinea | 3 30 N | 8 42 E |
Biscay, Bay of | Atlantic Ocean | 44 00 N | 4 00 W |
Bishkek (capital) | Kyrgyzstan | 42 54 N | 74 36 E |
Bishop Rock | United Kingdom | 49 52 N | 6 27 W |
Bismarck Archipelago (island group) | Papua New Guinea | 5 00 S | 150 00 E |
Bismarck Sea | Pacific Ocean | 4 00 S | 148 00 E |
Bissau (capital) | Guinea-Bissau | 11 51 N | 15 35 W |
Bjornoya (Bear Island) | Svalbard | 74 26 N | 19 05 E |
Black Forest (region) | Germany | 48 00 N | 8 15 E |
Black Rock (island) | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 53 39 S | 41 48 W |
Black Sea | Atlantic Ocean | 43 00 N | 35 00 E |
Bloemfontein (judicial capital) | South Africa | 29 12 S | 26 07 E |
Bo Hai (gulf) | Pacific Ocean | 38 00 N | 120 00 E |
Boa Vista (island) | Cabo Verde | 16 05 N | 22 50 W |
Bogota (capital) | Colombia | 4 36 N | 74 05 W |
Bohemia (region) | Czechia | 50 00 N | 14 30 E |
Bombay (city; see Mumbai) | India | 18 58 N | 72 50 E |
Bonaire (island) | Netherlands | 12 10 N | 68 15 W |
Bonifacio, Strait of | Atlantic Ocean (Mediterranean Sea) | 41 01 N | 14 00 E |
Bonin Islands | Japan | 27 00 N | 142 10 E |
Bonn (former capital) | Germany | 50 44 N | 7 05 E |
Bophuthatswana (region; enclave) | South Africa | 26 30 S | 25 30 E |
Bora-Bora (island) | French Polynesia | 16 30 S | 151 45 W |
Bordeaux (city) | France | 44 50 N | 0 34 W |
Borneo (island) | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia | 0 30 N | 114 00 E |
Bornholm (island) | Denmark | 55 10 N | 15 00 E |
Bosna i Hercegovina (local name for Bosnia and Herzegovina) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 44 00 N | 18 00 E |
Bosnia (political region) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 44 00 N | 18 00 E |
Bosporus (strait) | Atlantic Ocean | 41 00 N | 29 00 E |
Bothnia, Gulf of | Atlantic Ocean | 63 00 N | 20 00 E |
Bougainville (island) | Papua New Guinea | 6 00 S | 155 00 E |
Bougainville Strait | Pacific Ocean | 6 40 S | 156 10 E |
Bounty Islands | New Zealand | 47 43 S | 174 00 E |
Bourbon Island (former name of Reunion) | Reunion | 21 06 S | 55 36 E |
Brandenburg (region) | Germany | 52 22 N | 13 00 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 | 3 00 S | 35 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 |
Buganda (former name for Uganda) | Uganda | 1 00 N | 32 00 E |
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 |
Cabot Strait | Atlantic Ocean | 47 20 N | 59 30 W |
Caicos Islands | Turks and Caicos Islands | 21 56 N | 71 58 W |
Cairo (capital) | Egypt | 30 03 N | 31 15 E |
Calcutta (city) | India | 22 32 N | 88 21 E |
Calgary (city) | Canada | 51 02 N | 114 04 W |
California, Gulf of | Pacific Ocean | 28 00 N | 112 00 W |
Cameroun (local name for Cameroon) | Cameroon | 6 00 N | 12 00 E |
Campbell Island | New Zealand | 52 33 S | 169 09 E |
Campeche, Bay of | Atlantic Ocean (Gulf of Mexico) | 20 00 N | 94 00 W |
Canal Zone (former name for US possessions in Panama) | Panama | 9 00 N | 79 45 W |
Canarias Sea | Atlantic Ocean | 28 00 N | 16 00 W |
Canary Islands | Spain | 28 00 N | 15 30 W |
Canberra (capital) | Australia | 35 17 S | 149 08 E |
Cancun (city) | Mexico | 21 10 N | 86 50 W |
Canton (city; now Guangzhou) | China | 23 06 N | 113 16 E |
Canton Island (Kanton Island) | Kiribati | 2 49 S | 171 40 W |
Cape Juby (region; former name for Southern Morocco) | Morocco | 27 53 N | 12 58 W |
Cape of Good Hope (cape; also alternate name for Cape Province of South Africa) | South Africa | 34 15 S | 18 20 E |
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 |
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 Zakarpattia 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 (regional capital) | France (Guyane) | 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 long-form name for Czechia) | Czechia | 49 45 N | 15 30 E |
Ceskoslovensko (former local name for Czechoslovakia) | Czechia, 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 |
Curacao (Caribbean island; part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) | Curacao | 12 10 N | 69 00 W |
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 Czechia and Slovakia) | Czechia, 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) | Aruba, Curacao, Sint Maarten | 12 10 N | 68 30 W |
Dutch East Indies (former name for Indonesia) | Indonesia | 5 00 S | 120 00 E |
Dutch Guiana (former name for Suriname) | Suriname | 4 00 N | 56 00 W |
Dutch West Indies (former name for the Netherlands Antilles) | Aruba, Curacao, Sint Maarten | 12 10 N | 68 30 W |
Dzungarian Gate (valley) | China, Kazakhstan | 45 25 N | 82 25 E |
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 Prussia (region) | Lithuania, Poland, Russia | 54 20 N | 21 15 E |
East Siberian Sea | Arctic Ocean | 74 00 N | 166 00 E |
Easter Island (Isla de Pascua, Spanish; Rapa Nui, native) | 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 (former name for Tuvalu) | 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 (constituent country) | United Kingdom | 52 30 N | 1 30 W |
English Channel | Atlantic Ocean | 50 20 N | 1 00 W |
Eolie, Isole (island group) | Italy | 38 30 N | 15 00 E |
Epirus, Northern (region) | Albania, Greece | 40 00 N | 20 30 E |
Episkopi Cantonment (capital) | Akrotiri, Dhekelia | 34 40 N | 32 51 E |
Ertra (local name for Eritrea) | Eritrea | 15 00 N | 39 00 E |
Espana | Spain | 40 00 N | 4 00 W |
Essequibo (region; claimed by Venezuela) | Guyana | 6 59 N | 58 23 W |
Etorofu (island; also Iturup) | Russia (de facto) | 44 55 N | 147 40 E |
Europa Island | Indian Ocean | 22 20 S | 40 22 E |
Farquhar Group (island group; also Atoll de Farquhar) | Seychelles | 10 10 S | 51 10 E |
Fashoda (town; also Kodok) | South Sudan | 9 53 N | 32 7 E |
Fergana Valley | Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan | 41 00 N | 72 00 E |
Fernando de Noronha (island group) | Brazil | 3 51 S | 32 25 W |
Fernando Po (island; see Bioko) | Equatorial Guinea | 3 30 N | 8 42 E |
Filipinas (local name for the Philippines; also Pilipinas) | Philippines | 13 00 N | 122 00 E |
Finland, Gulf of | Atlantic Ocean (Baltic Sea) | 60 00 N | 27 00 E |
Fiume (city; former name for Rijeka) | Croatia | 45 19 N | 14 25 E |
Florence (city) | Italy | 43 46 N | 11 16 E |
Flores (island) | Indonesia | 8 45 S | 121 00 E |
Flores Sea | Pacific Ocean | 7 40 S | 119 45 E |
Florida, Straits of | Atlantic Ocean | 25 00 N | 79 45 W |
Fongafale (largest island of Funafuti) | Tuvalu | 8 30 S | 179 12 E |
Former Soviet Union (FSU) | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan | - | - |
Formosa (island) | Taiwan | 23 30 N | 121 00 E |
Formosa Strait (see Taiwan Strait) | Pacific Ocean | 24 00 N | 119 00 E |
Foroyar (local name for Faroe Islands) | Faroe Islands | 62 00 N | 7 00 W |
Fort-de-France (regional capital) | France (Martinique) | 14 36 N | 61 04 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 Equatorial Africa (a former federation of four French colonial possessions in West Africa) | Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, and Gabon | ||
French Guiana | France | 4 00 N | 53 00 W |
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 Oceania (former name for French Polynesia) | French Polynesia | 15 00 S | 140 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 Africa (a former federation of eight French colonial possessions in West Africa) | Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal | ||
French West Indies (former name for French possessions in the West Indies) | Guadeloupe, Martinique | 16 30 N | 62 00 W |
Friendly Islands (former name for Tonga) | 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 |
Fujairah, Ash Fujayrah (city) | United Arab Emirates | 25 12 N | 56 34 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 (autonomous community) | Spain | 42.50 N | 8.10 W |
Galicia (region) | Poland, Ukraine | 49 30 N | 23 00 E |
Galilee (region) | Israel | 32 54 N | 35 20 E |
Galleons Passage | Atlantic Ocean | 11 00 N | 60 55 W |
Gambier Islands (Iles Gambier) | French Polynesia | 23 09 S | 134 58 W |
Gaspar Strait | Pacific Ocean | 3 00 S | 107 00 E |
Gdansk (city; formerly Danzig) | Poland | 54 23 N | 18 40 E |
Geneva (city) | Switzerland | 46 12 N | 6 10 E |
Genoa (city) | Italy | 44 25 N | 8 57 E |
George Town (capital) | Cayman Islands | 19 20 N | 81 23 W |
George Town (city) | Malaysia | 5 26 N | 100 16 E |
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 East Africa (former name for a German colony in eastern Africa) | Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania | ||
German Southwest Africa (former name for Namibia) | Namibia | 22 00 S | 17 00 E |
Germany, Federal Republic of | Germany | 51 00 N | 9 00 E |
Gibraltar (city, peninsula) | Gibraltar | 36 11 N | 5 22 W |
Gibraltar, Strait of | Atlantic Ocean | 35 57 N | 5 36 W |
Gidi Pass | Egypt | 30 13 N | 33 09 E |
Gilbert Islands | Kiribati | 1 25 N | 173 00 E |
Glorioso Islands | Indian Ocean | 11 30 S | 47 20 E |
Goa (state) | India | 15 20 N | 74 00 E |
Gobi (desert) | China, Mongolia | 42 30 N | 107 00 E |
Godthab (capital; also Nuuk) | Greenland | 64 11 N | 51 44 W |
Golan Heights (region) | Syria | 33 00 N | 35 45 E |
Gold Coast (former name for Ghana) | Ghana | 8 00 N | 2 00 W |
Golfo San Jorge (gulf) | Atlantic Ocean | 46 00 S | 66 00 W |
Golfo San Matias (gulf) | Atlantic Ocean | 41 30 S | 64 00 W |
Good Hope, Cape of | South Africa | 34 24 S | 18 30 E |
Goteborg (city) | Sweden | 57 43 N | 11 58 E |
Gotland (island) | Sweden | 57 30 N | 18 33 E |
Gough Island | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 40 20 S | 9 55 W |
Graham Land (region) | Antarctica | 65 00 S | 64 00 W |
Gran Chaco (region) | Argentina, Paraguay | 24 00 S | 60 00 W |
Grand Bahama (island) | The Bahamas | 26 40 N | 78 35 W |
Grand Banks (fishing ground) | Atlantic Ocean | 47 06 N | 55 48 W |
Grand Cayman (island) | Cayman Islands | 19 20 N | 81 20 W |
Grand Turk (capital; also Cockburn Town) | Turks and Caicos Islands | 21 28 N | 71 08 W |
Great Australian Bight | Indian Ocean | 35 00 S | 130 00 E |
Great Belt (strait; also Store Baelt) | Atlantic Ocean | 55 30 N | 11 00 E |
Great Bitter Lake | Egypt | 30 20 N | 32 23 E |
Great Britain (island) | United Kingdom | 54 00 N | 2 00 W |
Great Channel | Indian Ocean | 6 25 N | 94 20 E |
Great Inagua (island) | The Bahamas | 21 00 N | 73 20 W |
Great Rift Valley | Ethiopia, Kenya | 0 30 N | 36 00 E |
Greater Antilles (islands along the northern Caribbean Sea) | Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico | 20 00 N | 75 00 W |
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 |
Guadaloupe (islands) | France | 16 15 N | 61 33 W |
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 (local name for French Guiana) | France | 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 |
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 |
Hayti (former name for Hispaniola Island) | Dominican Republic, Haiti | 18 45 N | 71 00 W |
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 |
Hervey Islands (former name for Cook Islands) | Cook Islands | 21 14 S | 159 46 W |
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 |
Hoorn Islands/Iles de Horne (island group) | Wallis and Futuna | 14 19 S | 178 05 W |
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 |
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, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 37 17 S | 12 40 W |
Indochina (region) | Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam | 15 00 N | 107 00 E |
Ingushetia (region) | Russia | 43 15 N | 45 00 E |
Inhambane (region) | Mozambique | 22 30 S | 34 30 E |
Inini (former name for French Guiana) | French Guiana | 4 00 N | 53 00 W |
Inland Sea | Japan | 34 20 N | 133 30 E |
Inner Hebrides (islands) | United Kingdom | 56 30 N | 6 20 W |
Inner Mongolia (region; also Nei Mongol) | China | 42 00 N | 113 00 E |
Ionian Islands | Greece | 38 30 N | 20 30 E |
Ionian Sea | Atlantic Ocean | 38 30 N | 18 00 E |
Irian Jaya (region) | 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 |
Isle Royale | United States | 48 01 N | 88 85 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, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 15 56 S | 5 44 W |
Jammu (city) | India | 32 42 N | 74 52 E |
Jammu and Kashmir (region) | India, Pakistan | 34 00 N | 76 00 E |
Japan, Sea of | Pacific Ocean | 40 00 N | 135 00 E |
Jars, Plain of | Laos | 19 27 N | 103 10 E |
Java (island) | Indonesia | 7 30 S | 110 00 E |
Java Sea | Pacific Ocean | 5 00 S | 110 00 E |
Jerusalem (capital, proclaimed) | Israel, West Bank | 31 47 N | 35 14 E |
Jiddah, Jeddah (city) | Saudi Arabia | 21 30 N | 39 12 E |
Johannesburg (city) | South Africa | 26 15 S | 28 00 E |
Joseph Bonaparte Gulf | Pacific Ocean | 14 00 S | 128 45 E |
Juan de Fuca, Strait of | Pacific Ocean | 48 18 N | 124 00 W |
Juan de Nova Island | Indian Ocean | 17 03 S | 42 45 E |
Juan Fernandez, Islas de (island group) | Chile | 33 00 S | 80 00 W |
Juba (capital) | South Sudan | 04 51 N | 31 37 E |
Jubal, Strait of | Indian Ocean | 27 40 N | 33 55 E |
Judaea (region) | Israel, West Bank | 31 35 N | 35 00 E |
Jugoslavia, Jugoslavija (local names for Yugoslavia, a former Balkan federation) | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, 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, South Africa | 23 00 S | 22 00 E |
Kalimantan (region) | Indonesia | 0 00 N | 115 00 E |
Kaliningrad (city; formerly Koenigsberg in East Prussia) | Russia | 54 42 N | 20 27 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 |
Kamerun (former name for Cameroon) | Cameroon | 6 00 N | 12 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 |
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 |
Klaipeda (region) | Lithuania | 55 27 N | 21 24 E |
Kobe (city) | Japan | 34 41 N | 135 10 E |
Kodiak Island | United States | 57 49 N | 152 23 W |
Kodok (town; also Fashoda) | South Sudan | 9 53 N | 32 7 E |
Kola Peninsula (Kol'skiy Poluostrov) | Russia | 67 20 N | 37 00 E |
Kolonia (town; former capital; changed to Palikir) | Federated States of Micronesia | 6 58 N | 158 13 E |
Korea Bay | Pacific Ocean | 39 00 N | 124 00 E |
Korea Strait | Pacific Ocean | 34 00 N | 129 00 E |
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | North Korea | 40 00 N | 127 00 E |
Korea, Republic of | South Korea | 37 00 N | 127 30 E |
Koror (capital) | Palau | 7 20 N | 134 29 E |
Kosovo (region) | Kosovo | 42 30 N | 21 00 E |
Kosrae (island) | Federated States of Micronesia | 5 20 N | 163 00 E |
Kowloon (city) | Hong Kong | 22 18 N | 114 10 E |
Kra, Isthmus of | Burma, Thailand | 10 20 N | 99 00 E |
Krakatoa (volcano) | Indonesia | 6 07 S | 105 24 E |
Krakow (city) | Poland | 50 03 N | 19 56 E |
Kuala Lumpur (capital) | Malaysia | 3 10 N | 101 42 E |
Kunashiri (island; also Kunashir) | Russia (de facto) | 44 20 N | 146 00 E |
Kunlun Mountains | China | 36 00 N | 84 00 E |
Kuril Islands | Russia (de facto) | 46 10 N | 152 00 E |
Kuwait (capital) | Kuwait | 29 20 N | 47 59 E |
Kuznetsk Basin | Russia | 54 00 N | 86 00 E |
Kwajalein Atoll | Marshall Islands | 9 05 N | 167 20 E |
Kyiv (capital) | Ukraine | 50 26 N | 30 31 E |
Kyushu (island) | Japan | 33 00 N | 131 00 E |
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 |
Leeward Antilles (the southerly islands of the Lesser Antilles along the southeastern Caribbean Sea and north of Venezuela) | Aruba, Curacao | 12 11 N | 68 59 W |
Leeward Islands (the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles) | Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Martin, Sint Maarten | 17 00 N | 62 00 W |
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 Antilles (islands along the eastern Carribean Sea) | Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, BVI, Curacao, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Sint Maarten, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Virgin Islands | 14 14 N | 61 21 W |
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 |
Lindisfarne (Holy Island) | United Kingdom | 55 41 N | 1 48 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) | Eswatini | 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 |
Lucayan Archipelago | The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands | 23 74 N | 75 37 W |
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 |
Macedonia (region) | Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia | 41 20 N | 22 45 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) | North 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, Singapore, Timor Leste | 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 |
Maluku Islands (local name for the Moluccas) | Indonesia | 2 00 S | 128 00 E |
Malvinas, Islas (island group) | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 51 45 S | 59 00 W |
Mamoutzou (regional capital) | France (Mayotte) | 12 46 S | 45 13 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 |
Manitoulin Island | Canada | 45 46 N | 82 12 W |
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 |
Martinique (island) | France | 14 40 N | 61 00 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 |
Mayotte (islands) | France | 12 50 S | 45 10 E |
Mazatlan (city) | Mexico | 23 13 N | 106 25 W |
Mbabane (capital) | Eswatini | 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 |
Mecklenburg (region) | Germany | 53 50 N | 11 28 E |
Mediterranean Sea | Atlantic Ocean | 36 00 N | 15 00 E |
Melanesia (a subdivision of the western South Pacific Ocean) | Fiji, Indonesia (New Guinea), New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu | ||
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 |
Memelland (former name for Klaipeda) | Lithuania | 55 27 N | 21 24 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 |
Micronesia (a subdivision of the western Pacific Ocean) | Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Northern Marianas, Palau, Tuvalu, Wake Island | ||
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) | Czechia | 49 30 N | 17 00 E |
Moravian Gate (pass) | Czechia | 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 |
Navigators Islands (former name for American Samoa) | American Samoa | 14 20 S | 170 00 W |
Naxcivan (region) | Azerbaijan | 39 20 N | 45 20 E |
Naxos (island) | Greece | 37 05 N | 25 30 E |
Nederland (local name for the Netherlands) | Netherlands | 52 30 N | 5 45 E |
Nederlandse Antillen (local name for the former Netherlands Antilles) | Curacao, Sint Maarten | 12 15 N | 68 45 W |
Negev (region) | Israel | 30 30 N | 34 55 E |
Negros (island) | Philippines | 10 00 N | 123 00 E |
Nejd (region) | Saudi Arabia | 24 05 N | 45 15 E |
Netherlands Antilles (former name of Dutch Caribbean dependencies) | Curacao, Sint Maarten | 12 15 N | 68 45 W |
Netherlands East Indies (former name for Indonesia) | Indonesia | 5 00 S | 120 00 E |
Netherlands Guiana (former name for Suriname) | Suriname | 4 00 N | 56 00 W |
Netherlands New Guinea (former name for Irian Jaya) | Indonesia | 5 00 S | 138 00 E |
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 Philippines (former name for the Caroline Islands) | Federated States of Micronesia, Palau | 7 30 N | 148 00 E |
New Siberian Islands | Russia | 75 00 N | 142 00 E |
New Territories (mainland region) | Hong Kong | 22 24 N | 114 10 E |
Newfoundland (island, with mainland area, and a province) | Canada | 52 00 N | 56 00 W |
Niamey (capital) | Niger | 13 31 N | 2 07 E |
Nicobar Islands | India | 8 00 N | 93 30 E |
Nicosia (capital; also Lefkosia) | Cyprus | 35 10 N | 33 22 E |
Nightingale Island | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 37 25 S | 12 30 W |
Nihon, Nippon (local name for Japan) | Japan | 36 00 N | 138 00 E |
Nomoi Islands (Mortlock Islands) | Federated States of Micronesia | 5 30 N | 153 40 E |
Norge (local name for Norway) | Norway | 62 00 N | 10 00 E |
Norman Isles (Channel Islands) | Guernsey, Jersey | 49 20 N | 2 20 W |
North Atlantic Ocean | Atlantic Ocean | 30 00 N | 45 00 W |
North Borneo (former name for Sabah) | Malaysia | 5 20 N | 117 10 E |
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 |
Northern Territory | Australia | 20 00 S | 133 00 E |
Northwest Passages | Arctic Ocean | 74 40 N | 100 00 W |
Northwest Territory | Canada | 69 30 N | 121 30 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 (territory) | Canada | 70 10 N | 90 44 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 |
Philipsburg (capital) | Sint Maarten | 18 1 N | 63 2 W |
Phnom Penh (capital) | Cambodia | 11 33 N | 104 55 E |
Phoenix Islands | Kiribati | 3 30 S | 172 00 W |
Pinatubo, Mount (volcano) | Philippines | 15 08 N | 120 21 E |
Pines, Isle of (island; former name for Isla de la Juventud) | Cuba | 21 40 N | 82 50 W |
Pirate Coast (former name for the United Arab Emirates) | United Arab Emirates | 24 00 N | 54 00 E |
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 |
Podilia, Podolia (region) | Moldova, Ukraine | 48 30 N | 29 00 E |
Polska (local name) | Poland | 52 00 N | 20 00 E |
Polynesia (a subdivision of the central Pacific Ocean) | American Samoa, Chile (Easter Island/Rapa Nui), Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Kiribati, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Samoa, Pitcairn, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States (Hawaiian Islands), Wallis and Futuna | ||
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-au-Prince (capital) | Haiti | 18 32 N | 72 20 W |
Port-of-Spain (capital) | Trinidad and Tobago | 10 39 N | 61 31 W |
Port-Vila (capital) | Vanuatu | 17 44 S | 168 19 E |
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) | Czechia | 50 05 N | 14 28 E |
Praia (capital) | Cabo Verde | 14 55 N | 23 31 W |
Prathet Thai (local name for Thailand) | Thailand | 15 00 N | 100 00 E |
Pretoria (administrative capital) | South Africa | 25 42 S | 28 13 E |
Prevlaka peninsula | Croatia | 42 24 N | 18 31 E |
Pribilof Islands | United States | 57 00 N | 170 00 W |
Prince Edward Island | Canada | 46 20 N | 63 20 W |
Prince Edward Islands | South Africa | 46 35 S | 38 00 E |
Prince Patrick Island | Canada | 76 30 N | 119 00 W |
Principe (island) | Sao Tome and Principe | 1 38 N | 7 25 E |
Pristina, Prishtina, Prishtine (capital) | Kosovo | 42 40 N | 21 10 E |
Prussia (region) | Germany, Poland, Russia | 53 00 N | 14 00 E |
Pukapuka Atoll | Cook Islands | 10 53 S | 165 49 W |
Punjab (region) | India, Pakistan | 30 50 N | 73 30 E |
Puntland (region) | Somalia | 8 21 N | 49 08 E |
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 |
Ras al Khaimah, Ra's al Khaymah (city) | United Arab Emirates | 25 46 N | 55 57 E |
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 |
Reunion (island) | France | 21 06 S | 55 36 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 de Janiero (city) | Brazil | 22 55 S | 43 17 W |
Rio de la Plata (gulf) | Atlantic Ocean | 35 00 S | 59 00 W |
Rio de Oro (region) | Western Sahara | 23 45 N | 15 45 W |
Rio Muni (mainland region) | Equatorial Guinea | 1 30 N | 10 00 E |
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, North 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 | 17 38 N | 63 10 W |
Sabah (state) | Malaysia | 5 20 N | 117 10 E |
Sable Island | Canada | 43 55 N | 59 50 W |
Safety Islands (Iles du Salut) | French Guiana | 5 20 N | 52 37 W |
Sahara Occidental (former name for Western Sahara) | Western Sahara | 24 30 N | 13 00 W |
Sahel (region) | Burkina Faso, Chad, The Gambia, Guinea- Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal | 15 00 N | 8 00 W |
Saigon (city; former name for Ho Chi Minh City) | Vietnam | 10 45 N | 106 40 E |
Saint Brandon (Cargados Carajos Shoals) | Mauritius | 16 25 S | 59 38 E |
Saint Christopher (island) | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17 20 N | 62 45 W |
Saint Christopher and Nevis | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17 20 N | 62 45 W |
Saint Croix (island) | Virgin Islands | 17 44 N | 64 47 W |
Saint Eustatius (island) | Netherlands | 17 30 N | 63 00 W |
Saint George's (capital) | Grenada | 12 03 N | 61 45 W |
Saint George's Channel | Atlantic Ocean | 52 00 N | 6 00 W |
Saint Helena Island | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 15 57 S | 5 42 W |
Saint Helens, Mount (volcano) | United States | 46 15 N | 122 12 W |
Saint Helier (capital) | Jersey | 49 12 N | 2 07 W |
Saint John (city) | Canada (New Brunswick) | 45 16 N | 66 04 W |
Saint John (island) | Virgin Islands | 18 20 N | 64 44 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 (Ile Saint-Paul) | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 38 43 S | 77 29 E |
Saint Peter and Saint Paul Rocks (Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo) | Brazil | 0 23 N | 29 23 W |
Saint Peter Port (capital) | Guernsey | 49 27 N | 2 32 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 (regional capital) | France (Reunion) | 20 52 S | 55 28 E |
Saint-Pierre (capital) | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 46 46 N | 56 11 W |
Saipan (island) | Northern Mariana Islands | 15 12 N | 145 45 E |
Sak'art'velo (local name for Georgia) | Georgia | 42 00 N | 43 30 E |
Sakhalin Island (Ostrov Sakhalin) | Russia | 51 00 N | 143 00 E |
Sakishima Islands | Japan | 24 30 N | 124 00 E |
Sala y Gomez, Isla (island) | Chile | 26 28 S | 105 00 W |
Salisbury (city; former name for Harare) | Zimbabwe | 17 50 S | 105 00 W |
Salzburg (city) | Austria | 47 48 N | 13 02 E |
Samar (island) | Philippines | 12 00 N | 125 00 E |
Samaria (region) | West Bank | 32 15 N | 35 10 E |
Samoa Islands | American Samoa, Samoa | 14 00 S | 171 00 W |
Samos (island) | Greece | 37 48 N | 26 44 E |
San Ambrosio, Isla (island) | Chile | 26 21 S | 79 52 W |
San Andres y Providencia, Archipielago (island group) | Colombia | 13 00 N | 81 30 W |
San Bernardino Strait | Pacific Ocean | 12 32 N | 124 10 E |
San Felix, Isla (island) | Chile | 26 17 S | 80 05 W |
San Jose (capital) | Costa Rica | 9 56 N | 84 05 W |
San Juan (capital) | Puerto Rico | 18 28 N | 66 07 W |
San Marino (capital) | San Marino | 43 56 N | 12 25 E |
San Salvador (capital) | El Salvador | 13 42 N | 89 12 W |
Sanaa (capital) | Yemen | 15 21 N | 44 12 E |
Sandzak (region) | Montenegro, Serbia | 43 05 N | 19 45 E |
Santa Cruz (city) | Bolivia | 17 48 S | 63 10 W |
Santa Cruz Islands | Solomon Islands | 11 00 S | 166 15 E |
Santa Sede (local name for the Holy See) | Holy See | 41 54 N | 12 27 E |
Santiago (capital) | Chile | 33 27 S | 70 40 W |
Santo Antao (island) | Cabo Verde | 17 05 N | 25 10 W |
Santo Domingo (capital) | Dominican Republic | 18 28 N | 69 54 W |
Santo Domingo (former name for the Dominican Republic) | Dominican Republic | 19 00 N | 70 40 W |
Sao Paulo (city) | Brazil | 23 35 S | 46 43 W |
Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo, Penedos de (rocks) | Brazil | 0 23 N | 29 23 W |
Sao Tiago (island) | Cabo Verde | 15 05 N | 23 40 W |
Sao Tome (island) | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 12 N | 6 39 E |
Sapporo (city) | Japan | 43 04 N | 141 20 E |
Sapudi Strait | Pacific Ocean | 7 05 S | 114 10 E |
Sarajevo (capital) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43 52 N | 18 25 E |
Sarawak (state) | Malaysia | 2 30 N | 113 30 E |
Sardinia (island) | Italy | 40 00 N | 9 00 E |
Sargasso Sea (region) | Atlantic Ocean | 30 00 N | 55 00 W |
Sark (island) | Guernsey | 49 26 N | 2 21 W |
Savage Island (former name for Niue) | Niue | 19 02 S | 169 52 W |
Savu Sea | Pacific Ocean | 9 30 S | 122 00 E |
Saxony (region) | Germany | 51 00 N | 13 00 E |
Schleswig-Holstein (region) | Germany | 54 31 N | 9 33 E |
Schweiz (local German name for Switzerland) | Switzerland | 47 00 N | 8 00 E |
Scilly, Isles of | United Kingdom | 49 55 N | 6 20 W |
Scopus, Mount | Israel, West Bank | 31 48 N | 35 14 E |
Scotia Sea | Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean | 56 00 S | 40 00 W |
Scotland (constituent country) | United Kingdom | 57 00 N | 4 00 W |
Scott Island | Antarctica | 67 24 S | 179 55 W |
Senegambia (region; former name of confederation of Senegal and The Gambia) | The Gambia, Senegal | 13 50 N | 15 25 W |
Senyavin Islands | Federated States of Micronesia | 6 55 N | 158 00 E |
Seoul (capital) | South Korea | 37 34 N | 127 00 E |
Serendib (former name for Sri Lanka) | Sri Lanka | 7 00 N | 81 00 E |
Serrana Bank (shoal) | Colombia | 14 25 N | 80 16 W |
Serranilla Bank (shoal) | Colombia | 15 51 N | 79 46 W |
Settlement, The (capital) | Christmas Island | 10 25 S | 105 43 E |
Severnaya Zemlya (island group; also Northland) | Russia | 79 30 N | 98 00 E |
Shaba (region) | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8 00 S | 27 00 E |
Shag Island | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 53 00 S | 72 30 E |
Shag Rocks | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 53 33 S | 42 02 W |
Shanghai (city) | China | 31 14 N | 121 30 E |
Sharjah, Ash Shariqah (city) | United Arab Emirates | 25 21 N | 55 23 E |
Shenyang (city; also Mukden) | China | 41 46 N | 123 24 E |
Shetland Islands | United Kingdom | 60 30 N | 1 30 W |
Shikoku (island) | Japan | 33 45 N | 133 30 E |
Shikotan (island) | Russia (de facto) | 43 47 N | 146 45 E |
Shqiperia (local name for Albania) | Albania | 41 00 N | 20 00 E |
Siam (former name for Thailand) | Thailand | 15 00 N | 100 00 E |
Siberia (region) | Russia | 60 00 N | 100 00 E |
Sibutu Passage | Pacific Ocean | 4 50 N | 119 35 E |
Sicily (island) | Italy | 37 30 N | 14 00 E |
Sicily, Strait of | Atlantic Ocean | 37 20 N | 11 20 E |
Sidra, Gulf of | Atlantic Ocean | 31 30 N | 18 00 E |
Sikkim (state) | India | 27 50 N | 88 30 E |
Silesia (region) | Czechia, Germany, Poland | 51 00 N | 17 00 E |
Sinai Peninsula | Egypt | 29 30 N | 34 00 E |
Singapore (capital) | Singapore | 1 17 N | 103 51 E |
Singapore Strait | Pacific Ocean | 1 15 N | 104 00 E |
Sinkiang (autonomous region; also Xinjiang) | China | 42 00 N | 86 00 E |
Sint Eustatius (island) | Netherlands | 17 29 N | 62 58 W |
Sint Maarten (island; also Saint-Martin) | Sint Maarten, Saint Martin | 18 04 N | 63 04 W |
Sjaelland (island) | Denmark | 55 30 N | 12 00 E |
Skagerrak (strait) | Atlantic Ocean | 57 45 N | 9 00 E |
Skopje (capital) | North 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 Arabia (former name for South Yemen) | Yemen | 14 00 N | 48 00 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 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 of Western Sahara) | Morocco | 24 30 N | 13 00 W |
Spanish West Africa (former name for Ifni and Spanish Sahara) | Morocco | 25 00 N | 13 00 W |
Spice Islands (Moluccas) | Indonesia | 2 00 S | 28 00 E |
Spitsbergen (island) | Svalbard | 78 00 N | 20 00 E |
Srbija (local name for Serbia) | Serbia | 44 00 N | 21 00 E |
St. John's (city) | Canada (Newfoundland) | 47 34 N | 52 43 W |
Stanley (capital) | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 51 42 S | 57 41 W |
Stockholm (capital) | Sweden | 59 20 N | 18 03 E |
Strasbourg (city) | France | 48 35 N | 7 44 E |
Stuttgart (city) | Germany | 48 46 N | 9 11 E |
Sucre (constitutional capital) | Bolivia | 19 02 S | 65 17 W |
Suez Canal | Egypt | 29 55 N | 32 33 E |
Suez, Gulf of | Indian Ocean | 28 10 N | 33 27 E |
Suisse (local French name for Switzerland) | Switzerland | 47 00 N | 8 00 E |
Sulawesi (island; Celebes) | Indonesia | 2 00 S | 121 00 E |
Sulawesi Sea | Pacific Ocean | 3 00 N | 122 00 E |
Sulu Archipelago (island group) | Philippines | 6 00 N | 121 00 E |
Sulu Sea | Pacific Ocean | 8 00 N | 120 00 E |
Sumatra (island) | Indonesia | 0 00 N | 102 00 E |
Sumba (island) | Indonesia | 10 00 S | 120 00 E |
Sumba Strait | Pacific Ocean | 9 10 S | 120 00 E |
Sumbawa (island) | Indonesia | 8 30 S | 118 00 E |
Sunda Islands (Soenda Isles) | Indonesia, Malaysia | 2 00 S | 110 00 E |
Sunda Strait | Indian Ocean | 6 00 S | 105 45 E |
Suomi (local name for Finland) | Finland | 64 00 N | 26 00 E |
Surabaya (city) | Indonesia | 7 13 S | 112 45 E |
Surigao Strait | Pacific Ocean | 10 15 N | 125 23 E |
Surinam (former name for Suriname) | Suriname | 4 00 N | 56 00 W |
Suriyah (local name for Syria) | Syria | 35 00 N | 38 00 E |
Surtsey (volcanic island) | Iceland | 63 17 N | 20 40 W |
Suva (capital) | Fiji | 18 08 S | 178 25 E |
Sverdlovsk (city; also Yekaterinburg) | Russia | 56 50 N | 60 39 E |
Sverige (local name for Sweden) | Sweden | 62 00 N | 15 00 E |
Svizzera (local Italian name for Switzerland) | Switzerland | 47 00 N | 8 00 E |
Swains Island | American Samoa | 11 03 S | 171 15 W |
Swan Islands | Honduras | 17 25 S | 83 56 W |
Swaziland (former name for Eswatini) | Eswatini | 26 30 S | 31 30 E |
Sydney (city) | Australia | 33 53 S | 151 13 E |
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 (former name for North Macedonia) | North Macedonia | 41 50 N | 22 00 E |
Thessaloniki (city; also Salonika) | Greece | 40 38 N | 22 57 E |
Thimphu (capital) | Bhutan | 27 28 N | 89 39 E |
Thrace (region) | Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey | 42 00 N | 26 10 E |
Thuringia (region) | Germany | 51 00 N | 11 00 E |
Thurston Island | Antarctica | 72 20 S | 99 00 W |
Tiberias, Lake | Israel | 32 48 N | 35 35 E |
Tibet (autonomous region; also Xizang) | China | 32 00 N | 90 00 E |
Tibilisi (see T'bilisi) | Georgia | 41 43 N | 44 49 E |
Tien Shan (mountains) | China, Kyrgyzstan | 42 00 N | 80 00 E |
Tierra del Fuego (island, island group) | Argentina, Chile | 54 00 S | 69 00 W |
Timor (island) | Timor-Leste, Indonesia | 9 00 S | 125 00 E |
Timor Lorosa'e (local name for Timor-Leste) | Timor-Leste | 9 00 N | 126 00 E |
Timor Sea | Pacific Ocean | 11 00 S | 128 00 E |
Tinian (island) | Northern Mariana Islands | 15 00 N | 145 38 E |
Tiran, Strait of | Indian Ocean | 28 00 N | 34 27 E |
Tirana, Tirane (capital) | Albania | 41 20 N | 19 50 E |
Tirol, Tyrol (region) | Austria, Italy | 47 00 N | 11 00 E |
Tobago (island) | Trinidad and Tobago | 11 15 N | 60 40 W |
Tokyo (capital) | Japan | 35 42 N | 139 46 E |
Tonkin, Gulf of | Pacific Ocean | 20 00 N | 108 00 E |
Toronto (city) | Canada | 43 40 N | 79 23 W |
Torres Strait | Pacific Ocean | 10 25 S | 142 10 E |
Torshavn (capital) | Faroe Islands | 62 01 N | 6 46 W |
Tortola (island) | British Virgin Islands | 18 25 N | 64 37 W |
Toshkent (see Tashkent) | Uzbekistan | 41 20 N | 69 18 E |
Transcarpathia (region; alternate name for Carpatho-Ukraine) | Ukraine | 48 22 N | 23 32 E |
Transjordan (former name for Jordan) | Jordan | 31 00 N | 36 00 E |
Transkei (enclave) | South Africa | 32 15 S | 28 15 E |
Transvaal (region; former name for northeastern South Africa) | South Africa | 25 10 S | 29 25 E |
Transylvania (region) | Romania | 46 30 N | 24 00 E |
Trindade, Ilha de (island) | Brazil | 20 31 S | 29 20 W |
Trinidad (island) | Trinidad and Tobago | 10 22 N | 61 15 W |
Tripoli (capital) | Libya | 32 54 N | 13 11 E |
Tripoli (city) | Lebanon | 34 26 N | 35 51 E |
Tripolitania (region) | Libya | 31 00 N | 14 00 E |
Tristan da Cunha Group (island group) | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 37 15 S | 12 30 W |
Trobriand Islands | Papua New Guinea | 8 38 S | 151 04 E |
Tromelin Island | Indian Ocean | 15 52 S | 54 25 E |
Trucial Coast (former name for the United Arab Emirates) | United Arab Emirates | 24 00 N | 54 00 E |
Trucial Oman (former name for the United Arab Emirates) | United Arab Emirates | 24 00 N | 54 00 E |
Trucial States (former name for the United Arab Emirates) | United Arab Emirates | 24 00 N | 54 00 E |
Truk Islands (former name for the Chuuk Islands) | Federated States of Micronesia | 7 25 N | 151 47 E |
Tsugaru Strait | Pacific Ocean | 41 35 N | 141 00 E |
Tuamotu Islands (Iles Tuamotu) | French Polynesia | 19 00 S | 142 00 W |
Tubuai Islands (Iles Tubuai) | French Polynesia | 23 00 S | 150 00 W |
Tunb al Kubra (island) | Iran | 26 14 N | 55 19 E |
Tunb as Sughra (island) | Iran | 26 14 N | 55 09 E |
Tunis (capital) | Tunisia | 36 48 N | 10 11 E |
Turin (city) | Italy | 45 04 N | 7 40 E |
Turkish Straits (see Bosporus and Dardenelles) | Atlantic Ocean | 40 40 N | 28 00 E |
Turkiye (local name for Turkey) | Turkiye | 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 |
Umm al Qaiwain, Umm al Qaywayn, Umm al Quwain (city) | United Arab Emirates | 25 33 N | 55 33 E |
Unimak Pass (strait) | Pacific Ocean | 54 20 N | 164 50 W |
Union of South Africa (former name for Republic of South Africa) | South Africa | 29 00 S | 24 00 E |
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 |
Van Diemen's Land (former name for Tasmania) | Australia | 43 00 S | 147 00 E |
Vancouver (city) | Canada | 49 16 N | 123 08 W |
Vancouver Island | Canada | 49 45 N | 126 00 W |
Vatican City (capital) | Holy See | 41 54 N | 12 27 E |
Velez de la Gomera, Penon de (island) | Spain | 35 11 N | 4 18 W |
Venda (enclave) | South Africa | 23 00 S | 31 00 E |
Verde Island Passage | Pacific Ocean | 13 34 N | 120 51 E |
Victoria (capital) | Seychelles | 4 38 S | 55 27 E |
Victoria (island) | Canada | 71 00 N | 110 00 W |
Victoria Land (region) | Antarctica | 72 00 S | 155 00 E |
Vienna (capital) | Austria | 48 12 N | 16 22 E |
Vientiane (capital) | Laos | 17 58 N | 102 36 E |
Vilnius (capital) | Lithuania | 54 41 N | 25 19 E |
Viti Levu (island) | Fiji | 18 00 S | 178 00 E |
Vladivostok (city) | Russia | 43 10 N | 131 56 E |
Vojvodina (region) | Serbia | 45 35 N | 20 00 E |
Volcano Islands | Japan | 25 00 N | 141 00 E |
Volynia, Volhynia (region) | Belarus, Poland, Ukraine | 50 44 N | 19 24 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 (constituent country) | 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 Sahara (former name for southern Morocco) | Morocco | 24 30 N | 13 00 W |
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 |
Wight (Isle of) | United Kingdom | 50 40 N | 1 16 W |
Wilkes Land (region) | Antarctica | 71 00 S | 120 00 E |
Willemstad (capital) | Curacao | 12 06 N | 68 56 W |
Windhoek (capital) | Namibia | 22 34 S | 17 06 E |
Windward Islands (the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles) | Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 14 00 N | 61 00 W |
Windward Passage | Atlantic Ocean | 20 00 N | 73 50 W |
Winnipeg (city) | Canada | 49 53 N | 97 10 W |
Wrangel Island (Ostrov Vrangelya) | Russia | 71 14 N | 179 36 W |
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; formerly Sverdlovsk) | Russia | 56 50 N | 60 39 E |
Yellow Sea | Pacific Ocean | 36 00 N | 123 00 E |
Yemen Arab Republic (also Yemen (Sanaa); former name for northern portion of Yemen) | Yemen | 15 00 N | 44 00 E |
Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of (also Yemen (Aden); former name for southern portion of Yemen) | Yemen | 14 00 N | 46 00 E |
Yerevan (capital) | Armenia | 40 11 N | 44 30 E |
Yokohama (city) | Japan | 35 26 N | 139 37 E |
Youth, Isle of (Isla de la Juventud) | Cuba | 21 40 N | 82 50 W |
Yucatan Channel | Atlantic Ocean | 21 45 N | 85 45 W |
Yucatan Peninsula | Mexico | 19 30 N | 89 00 W |
Yugoslavia (former name for a federation of Serbia and Montenegro) | Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia | 43 00 N | 21 00 E |
Yugoslavia, Kingdom of (former name for a Balkan federation) | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia | 43 00 N | 19 00 E |
Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of (former name for a Balkan federation) | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia | 43 00 N | 19 00 E |
Yukon (territory) | Canada | 63 00 N | 135 00 W |
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 |