Appendix H: Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names

This list indicates where various geographic names - including the location of all United States Foreign Service Posts, alternate names, former names, and political or geographical portions of larger entities - can be found in The World Factbook. Spellings are normally those approved by the US Board on Geographic Names (BGN). Additional information is included in brackets.

                                                                
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  Name Entry in The World Factbook 2000
Latitude (deg min)
Longitude (deg min)
A Abidjan [US Embassy] Cote d'Ivoire
5 19 N
4 02 W
Abkhazia [region] Georgia
43 00 N
41 00 E
Abu Dhabi [US Embassy] United Arab Emirates
24 28 N
54 22 E
Abu Musa [island] Iran
25 52 N
55 03 E
Abuja [US Embassy Branch Office] Nigeria
9 12 N
7 11 E
Abyssinia Ethiopia
8 00 N
38 00 E
Acapulco Mexico
16 51 N
99 55 W
Accra [US Embassy] Ghana
5 33 N
0 13 W
Adamstown Pitcairn Islands
25 04 S
130 05 W
Adana [US Consulate] Turkey
37 01 N
35 18 E
Addis Ababa [US Embassy] Ethiopia
9 02 N
38 42 E

Adelie Land (Terre Adelie)
[claimed by France]

Antarctica
66 30 S
139 00 E
Aden 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
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 (FTAI)
Djibouti
11 30 N
43 00 E
Agalega Islands Mauritius
10 25 S
56 40 E
Agana (see Hagatna) Guam
13 28 N
144 45 E
Ajaccio France (Corsica)
41 55 N
8 44 E
Akmola (see Astana) Kazakhstan
51 10 N
71 30 E
Aland Islands Finland
60 15 N
20 00 E
Alaska United States
65 00 N
153 00 W
Alaska, Gulf of Pacific Ocean
58 00 N
145 00 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 United States (Alaska)
57 00 N
134 00 W
Alexander Island Antarctica
71 00 S
70 00 W
Alexandria Egypt
31 12 N
29 54 E
Algiers [US Embassy] Algeria
36 47 N
2 03 E
Alhucemas, Penon de Spain
35 13 N
3 53 W
Alma-Ata (see Almaty) Kazakhstan
43 15 N
76 57 E
Almaty [US Embassy] Kazakhstan
43 15 N
76 57 E
Alofi Niue
19 01 S
169 55 E
Alphonse Island Seychelles
7 01 S
52 45 E
Amami Strait Pacific Ocean
28 40 N
129 30 E
Amindivi Islands India
11 30 N
72 30 E
Amirante Isles (Les Amirantes) Seychelles
6 00 S
53 10 E
Amman [US Embassy] Jordan
31 57 N
35 56 E
Amsterdam [US Consulate General] Netherlands
52 22 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
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 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 Sudan
15 00 N
30 00 E
Anjouan [island] Comoros
12 15 S
44 25 E
Ankara [US Embassy] Turkey
39 56 N
32 52 E
Annobon [island] Equatorial Guinea
1 25 S
5 36 E
Antananarivo [US Embassy] 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
[European Logistical Support Office]
Belgium
51 13 N
4 25 E
Aozou Strip Chad
22 00 N
18 00 E
Apia [US Embassy] Samoa
13 50 S
171 44 N
Aqaba, Gulf of Indian Ocean
29 00 N
34 30 E
Aqmola (see Astana) Kazakhstan
51 10 N
71 30 E
Arab, Shatt al [river] Iran, Iraq
29 57 N
48 34 E
Arabian Sea Indian Ocean
15 00 N
65 00 E
Arafura Sea Pacific Ocean
9 00 S
133 00 E
Aral Sea Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
45 00 N
60 00 E
Argun River China, Russia
53 20 N
121 28 E
Ascension Island Saint Helena
7 57 S
14 22 W
Ashgabat [US Embassy] Turkmenistan
37 57 N
58 23 E
Ashkhabad (see Ashgabat) Turkmenistan
37 57 N
58 23 E
Asmara [US Embassy] Eritrea
15 20 N
38 53 E
Asmera (see Asmara) Eritrea
15 20 N
38 53 E
Assumption Island Seychelles
9 46 S
46 34 E
Astana (Akmola) Kazakhstan
51 10 N
71 30 E
Asuncion [US Embassy] Paraguay
25 16 S
57 40 W
Asuncion Island Northern Mariana Islands
19 40 N
145 24 E
Atacama [region] Chile
24 30 S
69 15 W
Athens [US Embassy] Greece
37 59 N
23 44 E
Attu Island United States
52 55 N
172 57 E
Auckland [US Consulate General] New Zealand
36 52 S
174 46 E
Auckland Islands New Zealand
51 00 S
166 30 E
Australes, Iles (Iles Tubuai) French Polynesia
23 20 S
151 00 W
Avarua Cook Islands
21 12 S
159 46 W
Axel Heiberg Island Canada
79 30 N
90 00 W
Azad Kashmir Pakistan
34 30 N
74 00 E
Azores [islands] Portugal
38 30 N
28 00 W
Azov, Sea of Atlantic Ocean
49 00 N
36 00 E
B 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
[US Embassy temporarily suspended;
US Interests Section located in Poland's embassy in Baghdad]
Iraq
33 21 N
44 25 E
Baki (see Baku) Azerbaijan
40 23 N
49 51 E
Baku [US Embassy] Azerbaijan
40 23 N
49 51 E
Baky (see Baku) Azerbaijan
40 23 N
49 51 E
Balabac Strait Pacific Ocean
7 35 N
117 00 E
Balearic Islands Spain
39 30 N
3 00 E
Balearic Sea (Iberian Sea) Atlantic Ocean
40 30 N
2 00 E
Bali [island] Indonesia
8 20 S
115 00 E
Bali Sea Indian Ocean
7 45 S
115 30 E
Balintang Channel Pacific Ocean
19 49 N
121 40 E
Balintang Islands Philippines
19 55 N
122 10 E
Balkan Peninsula Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 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 [US Embassy] Mali
12 39 N
8 00 W
Banaba (Ocean Island) Kiribati
0 52 S
169 35 E
Bandar Seri Begawan [US Embassy] Brunei
4 52 S
114 55 E
Banda Sea Pacific Ocean
5 00 S
128 00 E
Bangkok [US Embassy] Thailand
13 45 N
100 31 E
Bangui [US Embassy] Central African Republic
4 22 N
18 35 E
Banjul [US Embassy] The Gambia
13 28 N
16 39 W
Banks Island Australia
10 12 S
142 16 E
Banks Island Canada
75 15 N
121 30 W
Banks Islands (Iles Banks) Vanuatu
14 00 S
167 30 E
Barbuda [island] Antigua and Barbuda
17 38 N
61 48 W
Barcelona [US Consulate General] Spain
41 23 N
2 11 E
Barents Sea Arctic Ocean
74 00 N
36 00 E
Barranquilla Colombia
10 59 N
74 48 W
Bashi Channel Pacific Ocean
22 00 N
121 00 E
Basilan Strait Pacific Ocean
6 49 N
122 05 E
Basque Provinces Spain
43 00 N
2 30 W
Bass Strait Pacific Ocean
39 20 S
145 30 E
Basse-Terre Guadeloupe
16 00 N
61 44 W
Basseterre Saint Kitts and Nevis
17 18 N
62 43 W
Bastia France (Corsica)
42 42 N
9 27 E
Basutoland Lesotho
29 30 S
28 30 E
Batan Islands Philippines
20 30 N
121 50 E
Bavaria (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 Botswana
22 00 S
24 00 E
Beijing [US Embassy] China
39 56 N
116 24 E
Beirut [US Embassy] Lebanon
33 53 N
35 30 E
Belau (Palau Islands) Palau
7 30 N
134 30 E
Belem [US Consular Agency] Brazil
1 27 S
48 29 W
Belep Islands (Iles Belep) New Caledonia
19 45 S
163 40 E
Belfast [US Consulate General] United Kingdom
54 35 N
5 55 W
Belgian Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo
0 00 N
25 00 E
Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro
44 50 N
20 30 E
Belize City [US Embassy] 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 Belize
17 15 N
88 46 W
Belorussia Belarus
53 00 N
28 00 E
Bengal, Bay of Indian Ocean
15 00 N
90 00 E
Bering Sea Pacific Ocean
60 00 N
175 00 W
Bering Island Russia
55 00 N
166 30 E
Bering Strait Pacific Ocean
65 30 N
169 00 W
Berkner Island Antarctica
79 30 S
49 30 W
Berlin [US Branch Office] Germany
52 31 N
13 24 E
Berlin, East Germany
52 30 N
13 33 E
Berlin, West Germany
52 30 N
12 20 E
Bern [US Embassy] Switzerland
46 57 N
7 26 E
Bessarabia [region] Romania, Moldova, Ukraine
47 00 N
28 30 E
Bhopal 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 Guinea-Bissau
11 25 N
16 20 W
Bikini Atoll Marshall Islands
11 35 N
165 23 E
Bilbao 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 [US Embassy] Kyrgyzstan
42 54 N
74 36 E
Bishop Rock United Kingdom
49 52 N
6 27 W
Bismarck Archipelago Papua New Guinea
5 00 S
150 00 E
Bismarck Sea Pacific Ocean
4 00 S
148 00 E
Bissau [US Embassy] Guinea-Bissau
11 51 N
15 35 W
Bjornoya (Bear Island) Svalbard
74 26 N
19 05 E
Black Forest Germany
48 00 N
8 15 E
Black Rock South Georgia and the
South Sandwich Islands
53 39 S
41 48 W
Black Sea Atlantic Ocean
43 00 N
35 00 E
Bloemfontein South Africa
29 12 S
26 07 E
Boa Vista [island] Cape Verde
16 05 N
22 50 W
Bogota [US Embassy] Colombia
4 36 N
74 05 W
Bohemia [region] Czech Republic
50 00 N
14 30 E
Bombay (see Mumbai) India
18 58 N
72 50 E
Bonaire [island] Netherlands Antilles
12 10 N
68 15 W
Bonifacio, Strait of Atlantic Ocean
41 01 N
14 00 E
Bonin Islands Japan
27 00 N
140 10 E
Bonn [US Embassy] Germany
50 44 N
7 05 E
Bophuthatswana South Africa
26 30 S
25 30 E
Bora-Bora [island] French Polynesia
16 30 S
151 45 W
Bordeaux 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
Bosnia 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
Brasilia [US Embassy] Brazil
15 47 S
47 55 W
Bratislava [US Embassy] Slovakia
48 09 N
17 07 E
Brazzaville [US Embassy] Republic of the Congo
4 16 S
15 17 E
Bridgetown [US Embassy] Barbados
13 06 N
59 37 W
Brisbane Australia
27 28 S
153 02 E
Britain (see Great Britain) United Kingdom
54 00 N
2 00 W
British East Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
1 00 N
38 00 E
British Guiana Guyana
5 00 N
59 00 W
British Honduras Belize
17 15 N
88 45 W
British Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
8 00 S
159 00 E
British Somaliland Somalia
10 00 N
49 00 E
Brussels
[US Embassy, US Mission to European Union (USEU), US Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (USNATO)]
Belgium
50 50 N
4 20 E
Bubiyan [island] Kuwait
29 47 N
48 10 E
Bucharest [US Embassy] Romania
44 26 N
26 06 E
Budapest [US Embassy] Hungary
47 30 N
19 05 E
Buenos Aires [US Embassy] Argentina
34 36 S
58 27 W
Bujumbura [US Embassy] Burundi
3 23 S
29 22 E
Burnt Pine Norfolk Island
29 02 S
167 56 E
Byelorussia Belarus
53 00 N
28 00 E
C 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 [US Embassy] Egypt
30 03 N
31 15 E
Calcutta [US Consulate General] India
22 32 N
88 22 E
Calgary [US Consulate General] Canada
51 03 N
114 05 W
California, Gulf of Pacific Ocean
28 00 N
112 00 W
Campbell Island New Zealand
52 33 S
169 09 E
Canal Zone Panama
9 00 N
79 45 W
Canary Islands Spain
28 00 N
15 30 W
Canberra [US Embassy] Australia
35 17 S
149 08 E
Canton (Guangzhou) China
23 06 N
113 16 E
Canton Island (Kanton Island) Kiribati
2 49 S
171 40 W
Cape Town [US Consulate General] South Africa
33 55 S
18 22 E
Caracas [US Embassy] Venezuela
10 30 N
66 56 W
Cargados Carajos Shoals Mauritius
16 25 S
59 38 E
Caroline Islands Federated States of Micronesia, Palau
7 30 N
148 00 E
Caribbean Sea Atlantic Ocean
15 00 N
73 00 W
Carpentaria, Gulf of Pacific Ocean
14 00 S
139 00 E
Casablanca [US Consulate General] Morocco
33 39 N
7 35 W
Castries 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 French Guiana
4 56 N
52 20 W
Cebu [US Consular Agency] Philippines
10 18 N
123 54 E
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 Central African Republic
7 00 N
21 00 E
Ceuta Spain
35 53 N
5 19 W
Ceylon Sri Lanka
7 00 N
81 00 E
Chafarinas, Islas Spain
35 12 N
2 26 W
Chagos Archipelago (Oil Islands) British Indian Ocean Territory
6 00 S
71 30 E
Channel Islands Guernsey, Jersey
49 20 N
2 20 W
Charlotte Amalie Virgin Islands
18 21 N
64 56 W
Chatham Islands New Zealand
44 00 S
176 30 W
Chechnya (Chechnia) Russia
43 15 N
45 40 E
Cheju-do [island] Korea, South
33 20 N
126 30 E
Cheju Strait Pacific Ocean
34 00 N
126 30 E
Chengdu [US Consulate General] China
39 39 N
104 04 E
Chennai (Madras)
[US Consulate General]
India
13 04 N
80 16 E
Chesterfield Islands (Iles Chesterfield) New Caledonia
19 52 S
158 15 E
Chiang Mai [US Consulate General] Thailand
18 47 N
98 59 E
Chihli, Gulf of (see Bo Hai) Pacific Ocean
38 30 N
120 00 E
China, People's Republic of China
35 00 N
105 00 E
China, Republic of Taiwan
23 30 N
105 00 E
Chisinau [US Embassy] Moldova
47 00 N
28 50 E
Choiseul [island] Solomon Islands
7 05 S
121 00 E
Christmas Island [Indian Ocean] Australia
10 25 S
105 39 E
Christmas Island (Kiritimati)
[Pacific Ocean]
Kiribati
1 52 N
157 20 W
Chukchi Sea Arctic Ocean
69 00 N
171 00 W
Ciskei South Africa
33 00 S