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This appendix cross-references a wide variety of geographic names to the appropriate Factbook 'country' entry. Additional information is included in parentheses.
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| Name | Entry in the World Factbook | Latitude (DEG MIN) | Longitude (DEG MIN) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abidjan (capital) | Cote d'Ivoire | 5 19 N | 4 02 W |
| Abkhazia (region) | Georgia | 43 00 N | 41 00 E |
| Abu Dhabi (capital) | United Arab Emirates | 24 28 N | 54 22 E |
| Abu Musa (island) | Iran | 25 52 N | 55 03 E |
| Abuja (capital) | Nigeria | 9 12 N | 7 11 E |
| Abyssinia (former name for Ethiopia) | Ethiopia | 8 00 N | 38 00 E |
| Acapulco (city) | Mexico | 16 51 N | 99 55 W |
| Accra (capital) | Ghana | 5 33 N | 0 13 W |
| Adamstown (capital) | Pitcairn Islands | 25 04 S | 130 05 W |
| Addis Ababa (capital) | Ethiopia | 9 02 N | 38 42 E |
| Adelie Land (claimed by France; also Terre Adelie) | Antarctica | 66 30 S | 139 00 E |
| Aden (city) | Yemen | 12 46 N | 45 01 E |
| Aden, Gulf of | Indian Ocean | 12 30 N | 48 00 E |
| Admiralty Island | United States (Alaska) | 57 44 N | 134 20 W |
| Admiralty Islands | Papua New Guinea | 2 10 S | 147 00 E |
| Adriatic Sea | Atlantic Ocean | 42 30 N | 16 00 E |
| Adygey (region) | Russia | 44 30 N | 40 10 E |
| Aegean Islands | Greece | 38 00 N | 25 00 E |
| Aegean Sea | Atlantic Ocean | 38 30 N | 25 00 E |
| Afars and Issas, French Territory of the (or FTAI; former name for Djibouti) | Djibouti | 11 30 N | 43 00 E |
| Afghanestan (local name for Afghanistan) | Afghanistan | 33 00 N | 65 00 E |
| Agalega Islands | Mauritius | 10 25 S | 56 40 E |
| Agana (city; former name for Hagatna) | Guam | 13 28 N | 144 45 E |
| Ajaccio (city) | France (Corsica) | 41 55 N | 8 44 E |
| Ajaria (region) | Georgia | 41 45 N | 42 10 E |
| Akmola (city; former name for Astana) | Kazakhstan | 51 10 N | 71 30 E |
| Aksai Chin (region) | China (de facto), India (claimed) | 35 00 N | 79 00 E |
| Al Arabiyah as Suudiyah (local name for Saudi Arabia) | Saudi Arabia | 25 00 N | 45 00 E |
| Al Bahrayn (local name for Bahrain) | Bahrain | 26 00 N | 50 33 E |
| Al Imarat al Arabiyah al Muttahidah (local name for the United Arab Emirates) | United Arab Emirates | 24 00 N | 54 00 E |
| Al Iraq (local name for Iraq) | Iraq | 33 00 N | 44 00 E |
| Al Jaza'ir (local name for Algeria) | Algeria | 28 00 N | 3 00 E |
| Al Kuwayt (local name for Kuwait) | Kuwait | 29 30 N | 45 45 E |
| Al Maghrib (local name for Morocco) | Morocco | 32 00 N | 5 00 W |
| Al Urdun (local name for Jordan) | Jordan | 31 00 N | 36 00 E |
| Al Yaman (local name for Yemen) | Yemen | 15 00 N | 48 00 E |
| Aland Islands | Finland | 60 15 N | 20 00 E |
| Alaska (state) | United States | 65 00 N | 153 00 W |
| Alaska, Gulf of | Pacific Ocean | 58 00 N | 145 00 W |
| Alboran Sea | Atlantic Ocean | 36 00 N | 2 30 W |
| Aldabra Islands (Groupe d'Aldabra) | Seychelles | 9 25 S | 46 22 E |
| Alderney (island) | Guernsey | 49 43 N | 2 12 W |
| Aleutian Islands | United States (Alaska) | 52 00 N | 176 00 W |
| Alexander Archipelago (island group) | United States (Alaska) | 57 00 N | 134 00 W |
| Alexander Island | Antarctica | 71 00 S | 70 00 W |
| Alexandretta (region; former name for Iskenderun) | Turkey | 36 34 N | 36 08 E |
| Alexandria (city) | Egypt | 31 12 N | 29 54 E |
| Algiers (capital) | Algeria | 36 47 N | 2 03 E |
| Alhucemas, Penon de (island group) | Spain | 35 13 N | 3 53 W |
| Alma-Ata (city; former name for Almaty) | Kazakhstan | 43 15 N | 76 57 E |
| Almaty (former capital) | Kazakhstan | 43 15 N | 76 57 E |
| Alofi (capital) | Niue | 19 01 S | 169 55 W |
| Alphonse Island | Seychelles | 7 01 S | 52 45 E |
| Alsace (region) | France | 48 30 N | 7 20 E |
| Amami Strait | Pacific Ocean | 28 40 N | 129 30 E |
| Amindivi Islands (former name for Laccadive Islands) | India | 11 30 N | 72 30 E |
| Amirante Isles (island group; also Les Amirantes) | Seychelles | 6 00 S | 53 10 E |
| Amman (capital) | Jordan | 31 57 N | 35 56 E |
| Amsterdam (capital) | Netherlands | 52 23 N | 4 54 E |
| Amsterdam Island (Ile Amsterdam) | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 37 52 S | 77 32 E |
| Amundsen Sea | Southern Ocean | 72 30 S | 112 00 W |
| Amur River | China, Russia | 52 56 N | 141 10 E |
| Amurskiy Liman (strait) | Pacific Ocean | 53 00 N | 141 30 E |
| Anadyrskiy Zaliv (gulf) | Pacific Ocean | 64 00 N | 177 00 E |
| Anatolia (region) | Turkey | 39 00 N | 35 00 E |
| Andaman Islands | India | 12 00 N | 92 45 E |
| Andaman Sea | Indian Ocean | 10 00 N | 95 00 E |
| Andorra la Vella (capital) | Andorra | 42 30 N | 1 30 E |
| Andros (island) | Greece | 37 45 N | 24 42 E |
| Andros Island | The Bahamas | 24 26 N | 77 57 W |
| Anegada Passage | Atlantic Ocean | 18 30 N | 63 40 W |
| Angkor Wat (ruins) | Cambodia | 13 26 N | 103 50 E |
| Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (former name for Sudan) | Sudan | 15 00 N | 30 00 E |
| Anjouan (island) | Comoros | 12 15 S | 44 25 E |
| Ankara (capital) | Turkey | 39 56 N | 32 52 E |
| Annobon (island) | Equatorial Guinea | 1 25 S | 5 36 E |
| Antananarivo (capital) | Madagascar | 18 52 S | 47 30 E |
| Antigua (island) | Antigua and Barbuda | 14 34 N | 90 44 W |
| Antipodes Islands | New Zealand | 49 41 S | 178 43 E |
| Antwerp (city) | Belgium | 51 13 N | 4 25 E |
| Aomen (local Chinese short-form name for Macau) | Macau | 22 10 N | 113 33 E |
| Aozou Strip (region) | Chad | 22 00 N | 18 00 E |
| Apia (capital) | Samoa | 13 50 S | 171 44 W |
| Aqaba, Gulf of | Indian Ocean | 29 00 N | 34 30 E |
| Arab, Shatt al (river) | Iran, Iraq | 29 57 N | 48 34 E |
| Arabian Sea | Indian Ocean | 15 00 N | 65 00 E |
| Arafura Sea | Pacific Ocean | 9 00 S | 133 00 E |
| Aral Sea | Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan | 45 00 N | 60 00 E |
| Argun River | China, Russia | 53 20 N | 121 28 E |
| Aru Sea | Pacific Ocean | 6 15 S | 135 00 E |
| As-Sudan (local name for Sudan) | Sudan | 15 00 N | 30 00 E |
| Ascension Island | Saint Helena, 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 |
| 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 |
| Name | Entry in the World Factbook | Latitude (DEG MIN) | Longitude (DEG MIN) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bab el Mandeb (strait) | Indian Ocean | 12 40 N | 43 20 E |
| Babuyan Channel | Pacific Ocean | 18 44 N | 121 40 E |
| Babuyan Islands | Philippines | 19 10 N | 121 40 E |
| Baffin Bay | Arctic Ocean | 73 00 N | 66 00 W |
| Baffin Island | Canada | 68 00 N | 70 00 W |
| Baghdad (capital) | Iraq | 33 21 N | 44 25 E |
| Baku (capital; also Baki, Baky) | Azerbaijan | 40 23 N | 49 51 E |
| Balabac Strait | Pacific Ocean | 7 35 N | 117 00 E |
| Balearic Islands | Spain | 39 30 N | 3 00 E |
| Balearic Sea (Iberian Sea) | Atlantic Ocean (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 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) | Czech Republic | 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 |
| Brasilia (capital) | Brazil | 15 47 S | 47 55 W |
| Bratislava (capital) | Slovakia | 48 09 N | 17 07 E |
| Brazzaville (capital) | Republic of the Congo | 4 16 S | 15 17 E |
| Bridgetown (capital) | Barbados | 13 06 N | 59 37 W |
| Brisbane (city) | Australia | 27 28 S | 153 02 E |
| Bristol Bay | Pacific Ocean | 57 00 N | 160 00 W |
| Bristol Channel | Atlantic Ocean | 51 18 N | 3 30 W |
| Britain (see Great Britain) | United Kingdom | 54 00 N | 2 00 W |
| British Bechuanaland (region; former name for northwest South Africa) | South Africa | 27 30 S | 23 30 E |
| British Central African Protectorate (former name of Nyasaland) | Malawi | 13 30 S | 34 00 E |
| British East Africa (former name for British possessions in eastern Africa) | Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda | 1 00 N | 38 00 E |
| British Guiana (former name for Guyana) | Guyana | 5 00 N | 59 00 W |
| British Honduras (former name for Belize) | Belize | 17 15 N | 88 45 W |
| British Solomon Islands (former name for Solomon Islands) | Solomon Islands | 8 00 S | 159 00 E |
| British Somaliland (former name for northern Somalia) | Somalia | 10 00 N | 49 00 E |
| Brussels (capital) | Belgium | 50 50 N | 4 20 E |
| Bubiyan (island) | Kuwait | 29 47 N | 48 10 E |
| Bucharest (capital) | Romania | 44 26 N | 26 06 E |
| Budapest (capital) | Hungary | 47 30 N | 19 05 E |
| Buenos Aires (capital) | Argentina | 34 36 S | 58 27 W |
| Bujumbura (capital) | Burundi | 3 23 S | 29 22 E |
| Bukovina (region) | Romania, Ukraine | 48 00 N | 26 00 E |
| Byelarus (local name for Belarus) | Belarus | 53 00 N | 28 00 E |
| Byelorussia (former name for Belarus) | Belarus | 53 00 N | 28 00 E |
| Name | Entry in the World Factbook | Latitude (DEG MIN) | Longitude (DEG MIN) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Name | Entry in the World Factbook | Latitude (DEG MIN) | Longitude (DEG MIN) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Entry in the World Factbook | Latitude (DEG MIN) | Longitude (DEG MIN) |
|---|---|---|---|
| East China Sea | Pacific Ocean | 30 00 N | 126 00 E |
| East Frisian Islands | Germany | 53 44 N | 7 25 E |
| East Germany (German Democratic Republic; former name for eastern portion of Germany) | Germany | 52 00 N | 13 00 E |
| East Korea Strait (Eastern Channel or Tsushima Strait) | Pacific Ocean | 34 00 N | 129 00 E |
| East Pakistan (former name for Bangladesh) | Bangladesh | 24 00 N | 90 00 E |
| East Siberian Sea | Arctic Ocean | 74 00 N | 166 00 E |
| Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) | Chile | 27 07 S | 109 22 W |
| Eastern Channel (East Korea Strait or Tsushima Strait) | Pacific Ocean | 34 00 N | 129 00 E |
| Eastern Samoa (former name for American Samoa) | American Samoa | 14 20 S | 170 00 W |
| Edinburgh (city) | United Kingdom | 55 57 N | 3 11 W |
| Eesti (local name for Estonia) | Estonia | 59 00 N | 26 00 E |
| Eire (local name for Ireland) | Ireland | 53 00 N | 8 00 W |
| Elba (island) | Italy | 42 46 N | 10 17 E |
| Elemi Triangle (region) | Ethiopia (claimed), Kenya (de facto), Sudan (claimed) | 5 00 N | 35 30 E |
| Ellada, Ellas (local name for Greece) | Greece | 39 00 N | 22 00 E |
| Ellef Ringnes Island | Canada | 78 00 N | 103 00 W |
| Ellesmere Island | Canada | 81 00 N | 80 00 W |
| Ellice Islands | Tuvalu | 8 00 S | 178 00 E |
| Ellsworth Land (region) | Antarctica | 75 00 S | 92 00 W |
| Elobey, Islas de (island group) | Equatorial Guinea | 0 59 N | 9 33 E |
| Enderbury Island | Kiribati | 3 08 S | 171 05 W |
| Enewetak Atoll (Eniwetok Atoll) | Marshall Islands | 11 30 N | 162 15 E |
| England (region) | United Kingdom | 52 30 N | 1 30 W |
| English Channel | Atlantic Ocean | 50 20 N | 1 00 W |
| Eniwetok Atoll (see Enewetak Atoll) | Marshall Islands | 11 30 N | 162 15 E |
| Eolie, Isole (island group) | Italy | 38 30 N | 15 00 E |
| Epirus, Northern (region) | Albania, Greece | 40 00 N | 20 30 E |
| Episkopi Cantonment (capital) | Akrotiri, Dhekelia | 34 40 N | 32 51 E |
| Ertra (local name for Eritrea) | Eritrea | 15 00 N | 39 00 E |
| Espana | Spain | 40 00 N | 4 00 W |
| Essequibo (region; claimed by Venezuela) | Guyana | 6 59 N | 58 23 W |
| Etorofu (island; also Iturup) | Russia (de facto) | 44 55 N | 147 40 E |
| Europa Island | Indian Ocean | 22 20 S | 40 22 E |
| Name | Entry in the World Factbook | Latitude (DEG MIN) | Longitude (DEG MIN) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Guinea (former name for Guinea) | Guinea | 11 00 N | 10 00 W |
| French Indochina (former name for French possessions in southeast Asia) | Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam | 15 00 N | 107 00 E |
| French Morocco (former name for Morocco) | Morocco | 32 00 N | 5 00 W |
| French Somaliland (former name for Djibouti) | Djibouti | 11 30 N | 43 00 E |
| French Sudan (former name for Mali) | Mali | 17 00 N | 4 00 W |
| French Territory of the Afars and Issas (or FTAI; former name for Djibouti) | Djibouti | 11 30 N | 43 00 E |
| French Togoland (former name for Togo) | Togo | 8 00 N | 1 10 E |
| French West Indies (former name for French possessions in the West Indies) | Guadeloupe, Martinique | 16 30 N | 62 00 W |
| Friendly Islands | Tonga | 20 00 S | 175 00 W |
| Frisian Islands | Denmark, Germany, Netherlands | 53 35 N | 6 40 E |
| Frunze (city; former name for Bishkek) | Kyrgyzstan | 42 54 N | 74 36 E |
| Funafuti (capital, atoll) | Tuvalu | 8 30 S | 179 12 E |
| Fundy, Bay of | Atlantic Ocean | 45 00 N | 66 00 W |
| Futuna Islands (Hoorn Islands/Iles de Horne) | Wallis and Futuna | 14 19 S | 178 05 W |
| Fyn (island) | Denmark | 55 20 N | 10 25 E |
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