Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names

         Name                   Entry in The World       Latit.  Longit. 
                                     Factbook            deg min deg min 
                                                                        
         Abidjan (capital)      Cote d'Ivoire            5 19 N  4 02 W  
         Abkhazia (region)      Georgia                  43 00 N 41 00 E 
        Abu Dhabi (capital)     United Arab Emirates     24 28 N 54 22 E 
         Abu Musa (island)      Iran                     25 52 N 55 03 E 
          Abuja (capital)       Nigeria                  9 12 N  7 11 E  
    Abyssinia (former name for  Ethiopia                 8 00 N  38 00 E 
    Ethiopia)                                                            
          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 (Terre Adelie)  Antarctica               66 30 S 139 00 E
    (claimed by France)                                                  
            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     Djibouti                 11 30 N 43 00 E 
    Territory of the (FTAI)                                              
    (former name for Djibouti)                                           
    Afghanestan (local name for Afghanistan              33 00 N 65 00 E 
    Afghanistan)                                                         
          Agalega Islands       Mauritius                10 25 S 56 40 E 
     Agana (city; former name   Guam                     13 28 N 144 45 E
     for Hagatna)                                                        
          Ajaccio (city)        France (Corsica)         41 55 N 8 44 E  
          Ajaria (region)       Georgia                  41 45 N 42 10 E 
     Akmola (city; former name  Kazakhstan               51 10 N 71 30 E 
     for Astana)                                                         
        Aksai Chin (region)     China (de facto), India  35 00 N 79 00 E 
                                (claimed)                                
     Al Arabiyah as Suudiyah    Saudi Arabia             25 00 N 45 00 E 
     (local name for Saudi                                               
     Arabia)                                                             
    Al Bahrayn (local name for  Bahrain                  26 00 N 50 33 E 
    Bahrain)                                                             
    Al Imarat al Arabiyah al    United Arab Emirates     24 00 N 54 00 E 
    Muttahidah (local name for                                           
    the United Arab Emirates)                                            
      Al Iraq (local name for   Iraq                     33 00 N 44 00 E 
      Iraq)                                                              
    Al Jaza�ir (local name for  Algeria                  28 00 N 3 00 E  
    Algeria)                                                             
     Al Kuwayt (local name for  Kuwait                   29 30 N 45 45 E 
     Kuwait)                                                             
    Al Maghrib (local name for  Morocco                  32 00 N 5 00 W  
    Morocco)                                                             
     Al Urdun (local name for   Jordan                   31 00 N 36 00 E 
     Jordan)                                                             
     Al Yaman (local name for   Yemen                    15 00 N 48 00 E 
     Yemen)                                                              
           Aland Islands        Finland                  60 15 N 20 00 E 
          Alaska (state)        United States            65 00 N 153 00 W
          Alaska, Gulf of       Pacific Ocean            58 00 N 145 00 W
            Alboran Sea         Atlantic Ocean           36 00 N 2 30 W  
      Aldabra Islands (Groupe   Seychelles               9 25 S  46 22 E 
      d�Aldabra)                                                         
         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
      (island group)                                                     
         Alexander Island       Antarctica               71 00 S 70 00 W 
    Alexandretta (region;       Turkey                   36 34 N 36 08 E 
    former name for Iskenderun)                                          
         Alexandria (city)      Egypt                    31 12 N 29 54 E 
         Algiers (capital)      Algeria                  36 47 N 2 03 E  
    Alhucemas, Penon de (island Spain                    35 13 N 3 53 W  
    group)                                                               
    Alma-Ata (city; former name Kazakhstan               43 15 N 76 57 E 
    for Almaty)                                                          
      Almaty (former capital)   Kazakhstan               43 15 N 76 57 E 
          Alofi (capital)       Niue                     19 01 S 169 55 E
          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    India                    11 30 N 72 30 E 
    name for Laccadive Islands)                                          
     Amirante Isles (Les        Seychelles               6 00 S  53 10 E 
     Amirantes) (island group)                                           
          Amman (capital)       Jordan                   31 57 N 35 56 E 
        Amsterdam (capital)     Netherlands              52 23 N 4 54 E  
       Amsterdam Island (Ile    French Southern and      37 52 S 77 32 E 
       Amsterdam)               Antarctic Lands                          
           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      Sudan                    15 00 N 30 00 E 
      (former name for Sudan)                                            
         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- Macau                    22 10 N 113 33 E
    form name for Macau)                                                 
       Aozou Strip (region)     Chad                     22 00 N 18 00 E 
          Apia (capital)        Samoa                    13 50 S 171 44 N
          Aqaba, Gulf of        Indian Ocean             29 00 N 34 30 E 
      Arab, Shatt al (river)    Iran, Iraq               29 57 N 48 34 E 
            Arabian Sea         Indian Ocean             15 00 N 65 00 E 
            Arafura Sea         Pacific Ocean            9 00 S  133 00 E
             Aral Sea           Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   45 00 N 60 00 E 
            Argun River         China, Russia            53 20 N 121 28 E
              Aru Sea           Pacific Ocean            6 15 S  135 00 E
         Ascension Island       Saint Helena             7 57 S  14 22 W 
        Ashgabat (capital)      Turkmenistan             37 57 N 58 23 E 
     Ashkhabad (see Ashgabat)   Turkmenistan             37 57 N 58 23 E 
         Asmara (capital)       Eritrea                  15 20 N 38 53 E 
        Asmera (see Asmara)     Eritrea                  15 20 N 38 53 E 
     As-Sudan (local name for   Sudan                    15 00 N 30 00 E 
     Sudan)                                                              
         Assumption Island      Seychelles               9 46 S  46 34 E 
     Astana (Akmola) (capital)  Kazakhstan               51 10 N 71 30 E 
        Asuncion (capital)      Paraguay                 25 16 S 57 40 W 
          Asuncion Island       Northern Mariana Islands 19 40 N 145 24 E
         Atacama (desert)       Chile                    23 00 S 70 10 W 
         Atacama (region)       Chile                    24 30 S 69 15 W 
         Athens (capital)       Greece                   37 59 N 23 44 E 
            Attu Island         United States            52 55 N 172 57 E
         Auckland Islands       New Zealand              51 00 S 166 30 E
      Australes, Iles (Iles     French Polynesia         23 20 S 151 00 W
      Tubuai) (island group)                                             
         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 (local name for  Azerbaijan               40 30 N 47 30 E 
    Azerbaijan)                                                          
     Azerbaidzhan (local name   Azerbaijan               40 30 N 47 30 E 
     for Azerbaijan)                                                     
         Azores (islands)       Portugal                 38 30 N 28 00 W 
           Azov, Sea of         Atlantic Ocean           49 00 N 36 00 E