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NAME ENTRY IN LATITUDE LONGITUDTHE WORLD FACTBOOK (DEG EMIN) (DEGMIN)East China Sea Pacific Ocean 30 00 N 126 00 EEast Frisian Islands Germany 53 44 N 7 25 EEast Germany (German Germany 52 00 N 13 00 EDemocratic Republic;former name for easternportion of Germany)East Korea Strait Pacific Ocean 34 00 N 129 00 E(Eastern Channel orTsushima Strait)East Pakistan (former Bangladesh 24 00 N 90 00 Ename for Bangladesh)East Siberian Sea Arctic Ocean 74 00 N 166 00 EEaster Island (Isla de Chile 27 07 S 109 22 WPascua)Eastern Channel (East Pacific Ocean 34 00 N 129 00 EKorea Strait or TsushimaStrait)Eastern Samoa (former American Samoa 14 20 S 170 00 Wname for American Samoa)Edinburgh (city) United Kingdom 55 57 N 3 11 WEesti (local name for Estonia 59 00 N 26 00 EEstonia)Eire (local name for Ireland 53 00 N 8 00 WIreland)Elba (island) Italy 42 46 N 10 17 EElemi Triangle (region) Ethiopia 5 00 N 35 30 E(claimed), Kenya(de facto), Sudan(claimed)Ellada, Ellas (local Greece 39 00 N 22 00 Ename for Greece)Ellef Ringnes Island Canada 78 00 N 103 00 WEllesmere Island Canada 81 00 N 80 00 WEllice Islands Tuvalu 8 00 S 178 00 EEllsworth Land (region) Antarctica 75 00 S 92 00 WElobey, Islas de (island Equatorial Guinea 0 59 N 9 33 Egroup)Enderbury Island Kiribati 3 08 S 171 05 WEnewetak Atoll (Eniwetok Marshall Islands 11 30 N 162 15 EAtoll)England (region) United Kingdom 52 30 N 1 30 WEnglish Channel Atlantic Ocean 50 20 N 1 00 WEniwetok Atoll (see Marshall Islands 11 30 N 162 15 EEnewetak Atoll)Eolie, Isole (island Italy 38 30 N 15 00 Egroup)Epirus, Northern Albania, Greece 40 00 N 20 30 E(region)Episkopi Cantonment Akrotiri, Dhekelia 34 40 N 32 51 E(capital)Ertra (local name for Eritrea 15 00 N 39 00 EEritrea)Espana Spain 40 00 N 4 00 WEssequibo (region; Guyana 6 59 N 58 23 Wclaimed by Venezuela)Etorofu (island; also Russia (de facto) 44 55 N 147 40 EIturup)

NAME ENTRY IN LATITUDE LONGITUDTHE WORLD FACTBOOK (DEG EMIN) (DEGMIN)Farquhar Group (island Seychelles 10 10 S 51 10 Egroup; also Atoll deFarquhar)Fergana Valley Kyrgyzstan, 41 00 N 72 00 ETajikistan,UzbekistanFernando Po (island; see Equatorial Guinea 3 30 N 8 42 EBioko)Fernando de Noronha Brazil 3 51 S 32 25 W(island group)Filipinas (local name Philippines 13 00 N 122 00 Efor the Philippines;also Pilipinas)Finland, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean 60 00 N 27 00 EFiume (city; former name Croatia 45 19 N 14 25 Efor Rijeka)Florence (city) Italy 43 46 N 11 16 EFlores (island) Indonesia 8 45 S 121 00 EFlores Sea Pacific Ocean 7 40 S 119 45 EFlorida, Straits of Atlantic Ocean 25 00 N 79 45 WFongafale (largest Tuvalu 8 30 S 179 12 Eisland of Funafuti)Former Soviet Union Armenia,(FSU) Azerbaijan,Belarus, Estonia,Georgia,Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Latvia, Lithuania,Moldova, Russia,Tajikistan,Turkmenistan,Ukraine,UzbekistanFormosa (island) Taiwan 23 30 N 121 00 EFormosa Strait (see Pacific Ocean 24 00 N 119 00 ETaiwan Strait)Foroyar (local name for Faroe Islands 62 00 N 7 00 WFaroe Islands)Fort-de-France (capital) Martinique 14 36 N 61 05 WFrankfurt am Main (city) Germany 50 07 N 8 41 EFranz Josef Land (island Russia 81 00 N 55 00 Egroup)Freetown (capital) Sierra Leone 8 30 N 13 15 WFrench Cameroon (former Cameroon 6 00 N 12 00 Ename for Cameroon)French Guinea (former Guinea 11 00 N 10 00 Wname for Guinea)French Indochina (former Cambodia, Laos, 15 00 N 107 00 Ename for French Vietnampossessions in southeastAsia)French Morocco (former Morocco 32 00 N 5 00 Wname for Morocco)French Somaliland Djibouti 11 30 N 43 00 E(former name forDjibouti)French Sudan (former Mali 17 00 N 4 00 Wname for Mali)French Territory of the Djibouti 11 30 N 43 00 EAfars and Issas (orFTAI; former name forDjibouti)French Togoland (former Togo 8 00 N 1 10 Ename for Togo)French West Indies Guadeloupe, 16 30 N 62 00 W(former name for French Martiniquepossessions in the WestIndies)Friendly Islands Tonga 20 00 S 175 00 WFrisian Islands Denmark, Germany, 53 35 N 6 40 ENetherlandsFrunze (city; former Kyrgyzstan 42 54 N 74 36 Ename for Bishkek)Funafuti (capital, Tuvalu 8 30 S 179 12 Eatoll)Fundy, Bay of Atlantic Ocean 45 00 N 66 00 WFutuna Islands (Hoorn Wallis and Futuna 14 19 S 178 05 WIslands/Iles de Horne)Fyn (island) Denmark 55 20 N 10 25 E

NAME ENTRY IN LATITUDE LONGITUDTHE WORLD FACTBOOK (DEG EMIN) (DEGMIN)Gaborone (capital) Botswana 24 45 S 25 55 EGalapagos Islands Ecuador 0 00 N 90 30 W(Archipielago de Colon)Galicia (region) Poland, Ukraine 49 30 N 23 00 EGalicia (region) Spain 42 45 N 8 10 EGalilee (region) Israel 32 54 N 35 20 EGalleons Passage Atlantic Ocean 11 00 N 60 55 WGambier Islands (Iles French Polynesia 23 09 S 134 58 WGambier)Gaspar Strait Pacific Ocean 3 00 S 107 00 EGdansk (city; formerly Poland 54 23 N 18 40 EDanzig)Geneva (city) Switzerland 46 12 N 6 10 EGenoa (city) Italy 44 25 N 8 57 EGeorge Town (capital) Cayman Islands 19 20 N 81 23 WGeorge Town (city) Malaysia 5 26 N 100 16 EGeorge Town (city) The Bahamas 23 30 N 75 46 WGeorgetown (capital) Guyana 6 48 N 58 10 WGeorgetown (city) The Gambia 13 30 N 14 47 WGerman Democratic Germany 52 00 N 13 00 ERepublic (East Germany;former name for easternportion of Germany)German Southwest Africa Namibia 22 00 S 17 00 E(former name forNamibia)Germany, Federal Germany 51 00 N 9 00 ERepublic ofGibraltar (city, Gibraltar 36 11 N 5 22 Wpeninsula)Gibraltar, Strait of Atlantic Ocean 35 57 N 5 36 WGidi Pass Egypt 30 13 N 33 09 EGilbert Islands Kiribati 1 25 N 173 00 EGoa (state) India 15 20 N 74 00 EGobi (desert) China, Mongolia 42 30 N 107 00 EGodthab (capital; also Greenland 64 11 N 51 44 WNuuk)Golan Heights (region) Syria 33 00 N 35 45 EGold Coast (former name Ghana 8 00 N 2 00 Wfor Ghana)Golfo San Jorge (gulf) Atlantic Ocean 46 00 S 66 00 WGolfo San Matias (gulf) Atlantic Ocean 41 30 S 64 00 WGood Hope, Cape of South Africa 34 24 S 18 30 EGoteborg (city) Sweden 57 43 N 11 58 EGotland (island) Sweden 57 30 N 18 33 EGough Island Saint Helena 40 20 S 9 55 WGraham Land (region) Antarctica 65 00 S 64 00 WGran Chaco (region) Argentina, 24 00 S 60 00 WParaguayGrand Bahama (island) The Bahamas 26 40 N 78 35 WGrand Banks (fishing Atlantic Ocean 47 06 N 55 48 Wground)Grand Cayman (island) Cayman Islands 19 20 N 81 20 WGrand Turk (capital; Turks and Caicos 21 28 N 71 08 Walso Cockburn Town) IslandsGreat Australian Bight Indian Ocean 35 00 S 130 00 EGreat Belt (strait; also Atlantic Ocean 55 30 N 11 00 EStore Baelt)Great Bitter Lake Egypt 30 20 N 32 23 EGreat Britain (island) United Kingdom 54 00 N 2 00 WGreat Channel Indian Ocean 6 25 N 94 20 EGreat Inagua (island) The Bahamas 21 00 N 73 20 WGreat Rift Valley Ethiopia, Kenya 0 30 N 36 00 EGreater Sunda Islands Brunei, Indonesia, 2 00 S 110 00 EMalaysiaGreen Islands Papua New Guinea 4 30 S 154 10 EGreenland Sea Arctic Ocean 79 00 N 5 00 WGrenadines, Northern Saint Vincent and 13 15 N 61 12 W(island group) the GrenadinesGrenadines, Southern Grenada 12 07 N 61 40 W(island group)Grytviken (town; on South Georgia and 54 15 S 36 45 WSouth Georgia) the South SandwichIslandsGuadalahara (city) Mexico 20 40 N 103 24 WGuadalcanal (island) Solomon Islands 9 32 S 160 12 EGuadalupe, Isla de Mexico 29 11 N 118 17 W(island)Guangzhou (city; also China 23 09 N 113 21 ECanton)Guantanamo Bay (US Naval Cuba 20 00 N 75 08 WBase)Guatemala (capital) Guatemala 14 38 N 90 31 WGuine-Bissau (local name Guinea-Bissau 12 00 N 15 00 Wfor Guinea-Bissau)Guinea Ecuatorial (local Equatorial Guinea 2 00 N 10 00 Ename for EquatorialGuinea)Guinea, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean 3 00 N 2 30 EGuinee (local name for Guinea 11 00 N 10 00 WGuinea)Gustavia (capital) Saint Barthelemy 17 53 N 62 51 WGuyane Francaise (local French Guiana 4 00 N 53 00 Wname for French Guiana)

NAME ENTRY IN LATITUDE LONGITUDTHE WORLD FACTBOOK (DEG EMIN) (DEGMIN)Ha'apai Group (island Tonga 19 42 S 174 29 Wgroup)Habomai Islands Russia (de facto) 43 30 N 146 10 EHadhramaut (region) Yemen 15 00 N 50 00 EHagatna (capital; Guam 13 28 N 144 45 Eformerly Agana)Hague, The (seat of Netherlands 52 05 N 4 18 Egovernment)Haifa (city) Israel 32 50 N 35 00 EHainan Dao (island) China 19 00 N 109 30 EHaiphong (city) Vietnam 20 52 N 106 41 EHala'ib Triangle Egypt (claimed), 22 30 N 35 00 E(region) Sudan (de facto)Halifax (city) Canada 44 39 N 63 36 WHalmahera (island) Indonesia 1 00 N 128 00 EHalmahera Sea Pacific Ocean 0 30 S 129 00 EHamburg (city) Germany 53 34 N 9 59 EHamilton (capital) Bermuda 32 17 N 64 46 WHan-guk (local name for South Korea 37 00 N 127 30 ESouth KoreaHanoi (capital) Vietnam 21 02 N 105 51 EHarare (capital) Zimbabwe 17 50 S 31 03 EHarvey Islands (former Cook Islands 21 14 S 159 46 Wname for Cook Islands)Hatay (province) Turkey 36 30 N 36 15 EHavana (capital) Cuba 23 08 N 82 22 WHawaii (island) United States 19 45 N 155 45 WHawaiian Islands United States 21 00 N 157 45 WHawar (island) Bahrain 25 40 N 50 47 EHayastan (local name for Armenia 40 00 N 45 00 EArmenia)Heard Island Heard Island and 53 06 S 73 30 EMcDonald IslandsHejaz (region) Saudi Arabia 24 30 N 38 30 EHelsinki (capital) Finland 60 10 N 24 58 EHerzegovina (political Bosnia and 44 00 N 18 00 Eregion) HerzegovinaHiiumaa (island) Estonia 58 50 N 22 30 EHispaniola (island) Dominican 18 45 N 71 00 WRepublic, HaitiHo Chi Minh City Vietnam 10 45 N 106 40 E(formerly Saigon)Hokkaido (island) Japan 44 00 N 143 00 EHolland (region) Netherlands 52 30 N 5 45 EHong Kong (special Hong Kong 22 15 N 114 10 Eadministrative region)Honiara (capital) Solomon Islands 9 26 S 159 57 EHonshu (island) Japan 36 00 N 138 00 EHormuz, Strait of Indian Ocean 26 34 N 56 15 EHorn of Africa (region) Djibouti, Eritrea, 8 00 N 48 00 EEthiopia, SomaliaHorn, Cape (Cabo de Chile 55 59 S 67 16 WHornos)Horne, Iles de (island Wallis and Futuna 14 19 S 178 05 Wgroup)Hrvatska (local name for Croatia 45 10 N 15 30 ECroatia)Hudson Bay Arctic Ocean 60 00 N 86 00 WHudson Strait Arctic Ocean 62 00 N 71 00 WHunter Island New Caledonia, 22 24 S 172 06 EVanuatu

NAME ENTRY IN LATITUDE LONGITUDTHE WORLD FACTBOOK (DEG EMIN) (DEGMIN)Iberian Peninsula Portugal, Spain 40 00 N 5 00 WIceland Sea Arctic Ocean 68 00 N 20 00 WIfni (region; former Morocco 29 22 N 10 09 Wname of part of SpanishWest Africa)Inaccessible Island Saint Helena 37 17 S 12 40 WIndochina (region) Cambodia, Laos, 15 00 N 107 00 EVietnamIngushetia (region) Russia 43 15 N 45 00 EInhambane (region) Mozambique 22 30 S 34 30 EInini (former name for French Guiana 4 00 N 53 00 WFrench Guiana)Inland Sea Japan 34 20 N 133 30 EInner Hebrides (islands) United Kingdom 56 30 N 6 20 WInner Mongolia (region; China 42 00 N 113 00 Ealso Nei Mongol)Ionian Islands Greece 38 30 N 20 30 EIonian Sea Atlantic Ocean 38 30 N 18 00 EIrian Jaya (province) Indonesia 5 00 S 138 00 EIrish Sea Atlantic Ocean 53 30 N 5 20 WIron Gate (river gorge) Romania, Serbia 44 41 N 22 31 EIskenderun (region; Turkey 36 34 N 36 08 Eformerly Alexandretta)Islamabad (capital) Pakistan 33 42 N 73 10 EIsland (local name for Iceland 65 00 N 18 00 WIceland)Islas Malvinas (island Falkland Islands 51 45 S 59 00 Wgroup) (Islas Malvinas)Istanbul (city) Turkey 41 01 N 28 58 EIstrian Peninsula Croatia, Slovenia 45 00 N 14 00 EItalia (local name for Italy 42 50 N 12 50 EItaly)Italian East Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, 8 00 N 38 00 E(former name for Italian Somaliapossessions in easternAfrica)Italian Somaliland Somalia 10 00 N 49 00 E(former name forsouthern Somalia)Ittihad al-Imarat al- United Arab 24 00 N 54 00 EArabiyah (local name for Emiratesthe United ArabEmirates)Iturup (island; see Russia (de facto) 44 55 N 147 40 EEtorofu)Ityop'iya (local name Ethiopia 8 00 N 38 00 Efor Ethiopia)Ivory Coast (former name Cote d'Ivoire 8 00 N 5 00 Wfor Cote d'Ivoire)Iwo Jima (island) Japan 24 47 N 141 20 EIzmir (region) Turkey 38 25 N 27 10 E

NAME ENTRY IN LATITUDE LONGITUDTHE WORLD FACTBOOK (DEG EMIN) (DEGMIN)Jakarta (capital) Indonesia 6 10 S 106 48 EJames Bay Arctic Ocean 54 00 N 80 00 WJamestown (capital) Saint Helena 15 56 S 5 44 WJammu (city) India 32 42 N 74 52 EJammu and Kashmir India, Pakistan 34 00 N 76 00 E(region)Japan, Sea of Pacific Ocean 40 00 N 135 00 EJars, Plain of Laos 19 27 N 103 10 EJava (island) Indonesia 7 30 S 110 00 EJava Sea Pacific Ocean 5 00 S 110 00 EJerusalem (capital, Israel, West Bank 31 47 N 35 14 Eproclaimed)Jiddah, Jeddah (city) Saudi Arabia 21 30 N 39 12 EJohannesburg (city) South Africa 26 15 S 28 00 EJoseph Bonaparte Gulf Pacific Ocean 14 00 S 128 45 EJuan Fernandez, Islas de Chile 33 00 S 80 00 W(island group)Juan de Fuca, Strait of Pacific Ocean 48 18 N 124 00 WJubal, Strait of Indian Ocean 27 40 N 33 55 EJudaea (region) Israel, West Bank 31 35 N 35 00 EJugoslavia, Jugoslavija Bosnia and 43 00 N 21 00 E(local names for Herzegovina,Yugoslavia, a former Croatia,Balkan federation) Macedonia,Montenegro,Serbia, SloveniaJutland (region) Denmark 56 00 N 9 15 EJuventud, Isla de la Cuba 21 40 N 82 50 W(Isle of Youth)

NAME ENTRY IN LATITUDE LONGITUDTHE WORLD FACTBOOK (DEG EMIN) (DEGMIN)Kabardino-Balkaria Russia 43 30 N 43 30 E(region)Kabul (capital) Afghanistan 34 31 N 69 12 EKaduna (city) Nigeria 10 33 N 7 27 EKailas Range China, India 30 00 N 82 00 EKalaallit Nunaat (local Greenland 72 00 N 40 00 Wname for Greenland)Kalahari (desert) Botswana, Namibia 24 30 S 21 00 EKalimantan (region) Indonesia 0 00 N 115 00 EKaliningrad (region; Russia 54 30 N 21 00 Eformerly part of EastPrussia)Kamaran (island) Yemen 15 21 N 42 34 EKamchatka Peninsula Russia 56 00 N 160 00 E(Poluostrov Kamchatka)Kampala (capital) Uganda 0 19 N 32 25 EKampuchea (former name Cambodia 13 00 N 105 00 Efor Cambodia)Kane Basin (portion of Arctic Ocean 79 30 N 68 00 Wchannel)Kanton Island Kiribati 2 49 S 171 40 WKara Sea Arctic Ocean 76 00 N 80 00 EKarachevo-Cherkessia Russia 43 40 N 41 50 E(region)Karachi (city) Pakistan 24 51 N 67 03 EKarafuto (island; former Russia 50 00 N 143 00 Ename for southernSakhalin Island)Karakoram Pass China, India 35 30 N 77 50 EKarelia, Kareliya Finland, Russia 63 15 N 30 48 E(region)Karelian Isthmus Russia 60 25 N 30 00 EKarimata Strait Pacific Ocean 2 05 S 108 40 EKashmir (region) India, Pakistan 34 00 N 76 00 EKatanga (region) Democratic 10 00 S 26 00 ERepublic of theCongoKathmandu (capital) Nepal 27 43 N 85 19 EKattegat (strait) Atlantic Ocean 57 00 N 11 00 EKauai Channel Pacific Ocean 21 45 N 158 50 WKazakstan (former name Kazakhstan 48 00 N 68 00 Efor Kazakhstan)Keeling Islands Cocos (Keeling) 12 30 S 96 50 EIslandsKerguelen, Iles (island French Southern 49 30 S 69 30 Egroup) and AntarcticLandsKermadec Islands New Zealand 29 50 S 178 15 WKerulen River China, Mongolia 48 48 N 117 00 EKhabarovsk (city) Russia 48 27 N 135 06 EKhanka, Lake China, Russia 45 00 N 132 24 EKhartoum (capital) Sudan 15 36 N 32 32 EKhios (island) Greece 38 22 N 26 04 EKhmer Republic (former Cambodia 13 00 N 105 00 Ename for Cambodia)Khuriya Muriya Islands Oman 17 30 N 56 00 E(Kuria Muria Islands)Khyber Pass Afghanistan, 34 05 N 71 10 EPakistanKibris (Turkish local Cyprus 35 00 N 33 00 Ename for Cyprus)Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee Atlantic Ocean 53 53 N 9 08 EKanal)Kiev (city; former name Ukraine 50 26 N 30 31 Efor Kyiv)Kigali (capital) Rwanda 1 57 S 30 04 EKingston (capital) Jamaica 18 00 N 76 48 WKingston (capital) Norfolk Island 29 03 S 167 58 EKingstown (capital) Saint Vincent and 13 09 N 61 14 Wthe GrenadinesKinshasa (capital) Democratic 4 18 S 15 18 ERepublic of theCongoKipros (Greek local name Cyprus 35 00 N 33 00 Efor Cyprus)Kirghiziya, Kirgizia Kyrgyzstan 41 00 N 75 00 E(former name forKyrgyzstan)Kirguizstan (local name Kyrgyzstan 41 00 N 75 00 Efor Kyrgyzstan)Kiritimati (Christmas Kiribati 1 52 N 157 20 WIsland)Kishinev (see Chisinau) Moldova 47 00 N 28 50 EKithira Strait Atlantic Ocean 36 00 N 23 00 EKobe (city) Japan 34 41 N 135 10 EKodiak Island United States 57 49 N 152 23 WKola Peninsula (Kol'skiy Russia 67 20 N 37 00 EPoluostrov)Kolonia (town; former Federated States 6 58 N 158 13 Ecapital; changed to of MicronesiaPalikir)Korea Bay Pacific Ocean 39 00 N 124 00 EKorea Strait Pacific Ocean 34 00 N 129 00 EKorea, Democratic North Korea 40 00 N 127 00 EPeople's Republic ofKorea, Republic of South Korea 37 00 N 127 30 EKoror (capital) Palau 7 20 N 134 29 EKosovo (region) Kosovo 42 30 N 21 00 EKosrae (island) Federated States 5 20 N 163 00 Eof MicronesiaKowloon (city) Hong Kong 22 18 N 114 10 EKra, Isthmus of Burma, Thailand 10 20 N 99 00 EKrakatoa (volcano) Indonesia 6 07 S 105 24 EKrakow (city) Poland 50 03 N 19 56 EKuala Lumpur (capital) Malaysia 3 10 N 101 42 EKunashiri (island; also Russia (de facto) 44 20 N 146 00 EKunashir)Kunlun Mountains China 36 00 N 84 00 EKuril Islands Russia (de facto) 46 10 N 152 00 EKuwait (capital) Kuwait 29 20 N 47 59 EKuznetsk Basin Russia 54 00 N 86 00 EKwajalein Atoll Marshall Islands 9 05 N 167 20 EKyiv (capital) Ukraine 50 26 N 30 31 EKyushu (island) Japan 33 00 N 131 00 E

NAME ENTRY IN LATITUDE LONGITUDTHE WORLD FACTBOOK (DEG EMIN) (DEGMIN)La Paz (administrative Bolivia 16 30 S 68 09 Wcapital)La Perouse Strait Pacific Ocean 45 45 N 142 00 ELabrador (peninsula, Canada 54 00 N 62 00 Wregion)Labrador Sea Atlantic Ocean 60 00 N 55 00 WLaccadive Islands India 10 00 N 73 00 ELaccadive Sea Indian Ocean 7 00 N 76 00 ELagos (former capital) Nigeria 6 27 N 3 24 ELahore (city) Pakistan 31 33 N 74 23 ELake Erie Atlantic Ocean 42 30 N 81 00 WLake Huron Atlantic Ocean 45 00 N 83 00 WLake Michigan Atlantic Ocean 43 30 N 87 30 WLake Ontario Atlantic Ocean 43 30 N 78 00 WLake Superior Atlantic Ocean 48 00 N 88 00 WLakshadweep (Laccadive India 10 00 N 73 00 EIslands)Lantau Island Hong Kong 22 15 N 113 55 ELao (local name for Laos 18 00 N 105 00 ELaos)Laptev Sea Arctic Ocean 76 00 N 126 00 ELas Palmas (city) Spain (Canary 28 06 N 15 24 WIslands)Latakia (region) Syria 36 00 N 35 50 ELatvija (local name for Latvia 57 00 N 25 00 ELatvia)Lau Group (island group) Fiji 18 20 S 178 30 ELefkosa (see Nicosia) Cyprus 35 10 N 33 22 ELeipzig (city) Germany 51 21 N 12 23 ELemnos (island) Greece 39 54 N 25 21 ELeningrad (city; former Russia 59 55 N 30 15 Ename for SaintPetersburg)Lesser Sunda Islands Indonesia 9 00 S 120 00 ELesvos (island) Greece 39 15 N 26 15 ELeyte (island) Philippines 10 50 N 124 50 ELiancourt Rocks (claimed South Korea 37 15 N 131 50 Eby Japan)Liaodong Wan (gulf) Pacific Ocean 40 30 N 121 20 ELiban (local name for Lebanon 33 50 N 36 50 ELebanon)Libreville (capital) Gabon 0 23 N 9 27 ELietuva (local name for Lithuania 56 00 N 24 00 ELithuania)Ligurian Sea Atlantic Ocean 43 30 N 9 00 ELilongwe (capital) Malawi 13 59 S 33 44 ELima (capital) Peru 12 03 S 77 03 WLincoln Sea Arctic Ocean 83 00 N 56 00 WLine Islands Jarvis Island, 0 05 N 157 00 WKingman Reef,Kiribati, PalmyraAtollLion, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean 43 20 N 4 00 ELisbon (capital) Portugal 38 43 N 9 08 WLittle Belt (strait; Atlantic Ocean 55 05 N 9 55 Ealso Lille Baelt)Ljubljana (capital) Slovenia 46 03 N 14 31 ELlanos (region) Venezuela 8 00 N 68 00 WLobamba (city) Swaziland 26 27 S 31 12 ELombok (island) Indonesia 8 28 S 116 40 ELombok Strait Indian Ocean 8 30 S 115 50 ELome (capital) Togo 6 08 N 1 13 ELondon (capital) United Kingdom 51 30 N 0 10 WLongyearbyen (capital) Svalbard 78 13 N 15 33 ELord Howe Island Australia 31 30 S 159 00 ELorraine (region) France 48 42 N 6 11 ELouisiade Archipelago Papua New Guinea 11 00 S 153 00 ELourenco Marques (city; Mozambique 25 56 S 32 34 Eformer name for Maputo)Loyalty Islands (Iles New Caledonia 21 00 S 167 00 ELoyaute)Luanda (capital) Angola 8 48 S 13 14 ELubnan (local name for Lebanon 33 50 N 36 50 ELebanon)Lubumbashi (city) Democratic 11 40 S 27 28 ERepublic of theCongoLusaka (capital) Zambia 15 25 S 28 17 ELuxembourg (capital) Luxembourg 49 45 N 6 10 ELuzon (island) Philippines 16 00 N 121 00 ELuzon Strait Pacific Ocean 20 30 N 121 00 ELyakhov Islands Russia 73 45 N 138 00 E

NAME ENTRY IN LATITUDE LONGITUDTHE WORLD FACTBOOK (DEG EMIN) (DEGMIN)Macao Macau 22 10 N 113 33 EMacau (special China 22 10 N 113 33 Eadministrative region)Macquarie Island Australia 54 36 S 158 54 EMadagasikara (local name Madagascar 20 00 S 47 00 Efor Madagascar)Maddalena, Isola Italy 41 13 N 09 24 EMadeira Islands Portugal 32 40 N 16 45 WMadras (city; see India 13 04 N 80 16 EChennai)Madrid (capital) Spain 40 24 N 3 41 WMagellan, Strait of Atlantic Ocean 54 00 S 71 00 WMaghreb (region) Algeria, Libya, 34 00 N 3 00 EMauritania,Morocco, TunisiaMagreb (local name for Morocco 32 00 N 5 00 WMorocco)Magyarorszag (local name Hungary 47 00 N 20 00 Efor Hungary)Mahe Island Seychelles 4 41 S 55 30 EMaiz, Islas del (Corn Nicaragua 12 15 N 83 00 WIslands)Majorca Island (Isla de Spain 39 30 N 3 00 EMallorca)Majuro (capital) Marshall Islands 7 05 N 171 08 EMakassar Strait Pacific Ocean 2 00 S 117 30 EMakedonija (local name Macedonia 41 50 N 22 00 Efor Macedonia)Malabo (capital) Equatorial Guinea 3 45 N 8 47 EMalacca, Strait of Indian Ocean 2 30 N 101 20 EMalagasy Republic Madagascar 20 00 S 47 00 EMalay Archipelago Brunei, Indonesia, 2 30 N 120 00 EMalaysia, PapuaNew Guinea,PhilippinesMalay Peninsula Malaysia, Thailand 7 10 N 100 35 EMale (capital) Maldives 4 10 N 73 31 EMallorca, Isla de Spain 39 30 N 3 00 E(island; also Majorca)Malmady (region) Belgium 50 26 N 6 02 EMalpelo, Isla de Colombia 4 00 N 90 30 W(island)Malta Channel Atlantic Ocean 56 44 N 26 53 EMalvinas, Islas (island Falkland Islands 51 45 S 59 00 Wgroup) (Islas Malvinas)Mamoutzou (capital) Mayotte 12 47 S 45 14 EManagua (capital) Nicaragua 12 09 N 86 17 WManama (capital) Bahrain 26 13 N 50 35 EManchukuo (former state) China 44 00 N 124 00 EManchuria (region) China 44 00 N 124 00 EManila (capital) Philippines 14 35 N 121 00 EManipa Strait Pacific Ocean 3 20 S 127 23 EMannar, Gulf of Indian Ocean 8 30 N 79 00 EManua Islands American Samoa 14 13 S 169 35 WMaputo (capital) Mozambique 25 58 S 32 35 EMarcus Island (Minami- Japan 24 16 N 154 00 Etori-shima)Margarita, Isla (island) Venezuela 10 00 N 64 00 WMariana Islands Guam, Northern 16 00 N 145 30 EMariana IslandsMarie Byrd Land (region) Antarctica 77 00 S 130 00 WMarigot (capital) Saint Martin 18 04 N 63 05 WMarion Island South Africa 46 51 S 37 52 EMarmara, Sea of Atlantic Ocean 40 40 N 28 15 EMarquesas Islands (Iles French Polynesia 9 00 S 139 30 WMarquises)Marseille (city) France 43 18 N 5 23 EMartin Vaz, Ilhas Brazil 20 30 S 28 51 W(island group)Mas a Tierra (Robinson Chile 33 38 S 78 52 WCrusoe Island)Mascarene Islands Mauritius, Reunion 21 00 S 57 00 EMaseru (capital) Lesotho 29 28 S 27 30 EMata-Utu (capital) Wallis and Futuna 13 57 S 171 56 WMatsu (island) Taiwan 26 13 N 119 56 EMatthew Island New Caledonia, 22 20 S 171 20 EVanuatuMauritanie (local name Mauritania 20 00 N 12 00 Wfor Mauritania)Mazatlan (city) Mexico 23 13 N 106 25 WMbabane (capital) Swaziland 26 18 S 31 06 EMcDonald Islands Heard Island and 53 06 S 73 30 EMcDonald IslandsMecca (city) Saudi Arabia 21 27 N 39 49 EMediterranean Sea Atlantic Ocean 36 00 N 15 00 EMelbourne (city) Australia 37 49 S 144 58 EMelilla (exclave) Spain 35 19 N 2 58 WMemel (region) Lithuania 55 43 N 21 30 EMesopotamia (region) Iraq 33 00 N 44 00 EMessina, Strait of Atlantic Ocean 38 15 N 15 35 EMexico City (capital) Mexico 19 24 N 99 09 WMexico, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean 25 00 N 90 00 WMiddle Congo (former Republic of the 1 00 S 15 00 Ename for Republic of the CongoCongo)Milan (city) Italy 45 28 N 9 11 EMilwaukee Deep (Puerto Atlantic Ocean 19 55 N 65 27 WRico Trench)Minami-tori-shima Japan 24 16 N 154 00 E(Marcus Island)Mindanao (island) Philippines 8 00 N 125 00 EMindanao Sea Pacific Ocean 9 15 N 124 30 EMindoro (island) Philippines 12 50 N 121 05 EMindoro Strait Pacific Ocean 12 20 N 120 40 EMingrelia (region) Georgia 42 30 N 41 52 EMinicoy Island India 8 17 N 73 02 EMinorca Island (Isla de Spain 40 00 N 4 00 EMenorca)Minsk (capital) Belarus 53 54 N 27 34 EMisr (local name for Egypt 27 00 N 30 00 EEgypt)Mitla Pass Egypt 30 02 N 32 54 EMocambique (local name Mozambique 18 15 S 35 00 Efor Mozambique)Mogadishu (capital) Somalia 2 04 N 45 22 EMoldavia (region) Moldova, Romania 47 00 N 29 00 EMolucca Sea Pacific Ocean 2 00 N 127 00 EMoluccas (Spice Islands) Indonesia 2 00 S 128 00 EMombasa (city) Kenya 4 03 S 39 40 EMona Passage Atlantic Ocean 18 30 N 67 45 WMonaco (capital) Monaco 43 44 N 7 25 EMongol Uls (local name Mongolia 46 00 N 105 00 Efor Mongolia)Monrovia (capital) Liberia 6 18 N 10 47 WMonterrey (city) Mexico 25 40 N 100 19 WMontevideo (capital) Uruguay 34 53 S 56 11 WMontreal (city) Canada 45 31 N 73 34 WMoravia (region) Czech Republic 49 30 N 17 00 EMoravian Gate (pass) Czech Republic 49 35 N 17 50 EMoroni (capital) Comoros 11 41 S 43 16 EMortlock Islands (Nomoi Federated States 5 30 N 153 40 EIslands) of MicronesiaMoscow (capital) Russia 55 45 N 37 35 EMount Pinatubo (volcano) Philippines 15 08 N 120 21 EMozambique Channel Indian Ocean 19 00 S 41 00 EMumbai (city; also India 18 58 N 72 50 EBombay)Munich, Muenchen (city) Germany 48 08 N 11 35 EMuritaniyah (local name Mauritania 20 00 N 12 00 Wfor Mauritania)Musandam Peninsula Oman, United Arab 26 18 N 56 24 EEmiratesMuscat (capital) Oman 23 37 N 58 35 EMuscat and Oman (former Oman 21 00 N 57 00 Ename for Oman)Myanma, Myanmar Burma 22 00 N 98 00 E

NAME ENTRY IN LATITUDE LONGITUDTHE WORLD FACTBOOK (DEG EMIN) (DEGMIN)N'Djamena (capital) Chad 12 07 N 15 03 ENagorno-Karabakh Azerbaijan 40 00 N 46 40 E(region)Nairobi (capital) Kenya 1 17 S 36 49 ENamib (desert) Namibia 24 00 S 15 00 ENampo-shoto (island Japan 30 00 N 140 00 Egroup)Nan Madol (ruins) Federated States 6 85 N 158 35 Eof MicronesiaNaples (city) Italy 40 51 N 14 15 ENassau (capital) The Bahamas 25 05 N 77 21 WNatal (region) South Africa 29 00 S 30 25 ENatuna Besar Islands Indonesia 3 30 N 102 30 ENatuna Sea Pacific Ocean 3 30 N 108 00 ENaxcivan (region) Azerbaijan 39 20 N 45 20 ENaxos (island) Greece 37 05 N 25 30 ENederland (local name Netherlands 52 30 N 5 45 Efor the Netherlands)Nederlandse Antillen Netherlands 12 15 N 68 45 W(local name for the AntillesNetherlands Antilles)Negev (region) Israel 30 30 N 34 55 ENegros (island) Philippines 10 00 N 123 00 ENejd (region) Saudi Arabia 24 05 N 45 15 ENetherlands East Indies Indonesia 5 00 S 120 00 E(former name forIndonesia)Netherlands Guiana Suriname 4 00 N 56 00 W(former name forSuriname)Nevis (island) Saint Kitts and 17 09 N 62 35 WNevisNew Britain (island) Papua New Guinea 6 00 S 150 00 ENew Delhi (capital) India 28 36 N 77 12 ENew Guinea (island) Indonesia, Papua 5 00 S 140 00 ENew GuineaNew Hebrides (island Vanuatu 16 00 S 167 00 Egroup)New Ireland (island) Papua New Guinea 3 20 N 152 00 ENew Siberian Islands Russia 75 00 N 142 00 ENew Territories Hong Kong 22 24 N 114 10 E(mainland region)Newfoundland (island, Canada 52 00 N 56 00 Wwith mainland area, anda province)Niamey (capital) Niger 13 31 N 2 07 ENicobar Islands India 8 00 N 93 30 ENicosia (capital; also Cyprus 35 10 N 33 22 ELefkosia)Nightingale Island Saint Helena 37 25 S 12 30 WNihon, Nippon (local Japan 36 00 N 138 00 Ename for Japan)Nomoi Islands (Mortlock Federated States 5 30 N 153 40 EIslands) of MicronesiaNorge (local name for Norway 62 00 N 10 00 ENorway)Norman Isles (Channel Guernsey, Jersey 49 20 N 2 20 WIslands)North Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean 30 00 N 45 00 WNorth Channel Atlantic Ocean 55 10 N 5 40 WNorth Frisian Islands Denmark, Germany 54 50 N 8 12 ENorth Greenland Sea Arctic Ocean 78 00 N 5 00 WNorth Island New Zealand 39 00 S 176 00 ENorth Ossetia (region) Russia 43 00 N 44 10 ENorth Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean 30 00 N 165 00 WNorth Sea Atlantic Ocean 56 00 N 4 00 ENorth Vietnam (former Vietnam 23 00 N 106 00 Ename for northernportion of Vietnam)North Yemen (Yemen Arab Yemen 15 00 N 44 00 ERepublic; now part ofYemen)Northeast Providence Atlantic Ocean 25 40 N 77 09 WChannelNorthern Areas Pakistan 36 0 N 75 0 ENorthern Cyprus (region) Cyprus 35 15 N 33 44 ENorthern Epirus (region) Albania, Greece 40 00 N 20 30 ENorthern Grenadines Saint Vincent and 12 45 N 61 15 W(political region) the GrenadinesNorthern Ireland United Kingdom 54 40 N 6 45 WNorthern Rhodesia Zambia 15 00 S 30 00 E(former name for Zambia)Northwest Passages Arctic Ocean 74 40 N 100 00 WNorwegian Sea Atlantic Ocean 66 00 N 6 00 ENouakchott (capital) Mauritania 18 06 N 15 57 WNoumea (capital) New Caledonia 22 16 S 166 27 ENouvelle-Caledonie New Caledonia 21 30 S 165 30 E(local name for NewCaledonia)Nouvelles Hebrides Vanuatu 16 00 S 167 00 E(former name forVanuatu)Novaya Zemlya (islands) Russia 74 00 N 57 00 ENubia (region) Egypt, Sudan 20 30 N 33 00 ENuku'alofa (capital) Tonga 21 08 S 175 12 WNunavut (region) Canada 72 00 N 90 00 WNuuk (capital; also Greenland 64 11 N 51 44 WGodthab)Nyasaland (former name Malawi 13 30 S 34 00 Efor Malawi)Nyassa (region) Mozambique 13 30 S 37 00 E

NAME ENTRY IN LATITUDE LONGITUDTHE WORLD FACTBOOK (DEG EMIN) (DEGMIN)Oahu (island) United States 21 30 N 158 00 W(Hawaii)Ocean Island (Banaba) Kiribati 0 52 S 169 35 EOcean Island (Kure United States 28 25 N 178 20 WIsland)Oesterreich (local name Austria 47 20 N 13 20 Efor Austria)Ogaden (region) Ethiopia, Somalia 7 00 N 46 00 EOil Islands (Chagos British Indian 6 00 S 71 30 EArchipelago) Ocean TerritoryOkhotsk, Sea of Pacific Ocean 53 00 N 150 00 EOkinawa (island group) Japan 26 30 N 128 00 EOland (island) Sweden 56 45 N 16 40 EOman, Gulf of Indian Ocean 24 30 N 58 30 EOmbai Strait Pacific Ocean 8 30 S 125 00 EOran (city) Algeria 35 43 N 0 43 WOrange River Colony South Africa 28 20 S 26 40 E(region; former name ofFree State Province ofSouth Africa)Oranjestad (capital) Aruba 12 33 N 70 06 WOresund (The Sound) Atlantic Ocean 55 50 N 12 40 E(strait)Orkney Islands United Kingdom 59 00 N 3 00 WOsaka (city) Japan 34 42 N 135 30 EOslo (capital) Norway 59 55 N 10 45 EOsumi Strait (Van Diemen Pacific Ocean 31 00 N 131 00 EStrait)Otranto, Strait of Atlantic Ocean 40 00 N 19 00 EOttawa (capital) Canada 45 25 N 75 40 WOuagadougou (capital) Burkina Faso 12 22 N 1 31 WOuter Hebrides (islands) United Kingdom 57 45 N 7 00 WOuter Mongolia (region) Mongolia 46 00 N 105 00 E

NAME ENTRY IN LATITUDE LONGITUDTHE WORLD FACTBOOK (DEG EMIN) (DEGMIN)P'yongyang (capital) North Korea 39 01 N 125 45 EPacific Islands, Trust Marshall Islands, 10 00 N 155 00 ETerritory of the (former Federated Statesname of a large area of of Micronesia,the western North Northern MarianaPacific Ocean) Islands, PalauPagan (island) Northern Mariana 18 08 N 145 47 EIslandsPago Pago (capital) American Samoa 14 16 S 170 42 WPalawan (island) Philippines 9 30 N 118 30 EPalermo (city) Italy 38 07 N 13 21 EPalestine (region) Israel, West Bank 32 00 N 35 15 EPalikir (capital) Federated States 6 55 N 158 08 Eof MicronesiaPalk Strait Indian Ocean 10 00 N 79 45 EPamirs (mountains) China, Tajikistan 38 00 N 73 00 EPampas (region) Argentina 35 00 S 63 00 WPanama (capital) Panama 8 58 N 79 32 WPanama Canal Panama 9 00 N 79 45 WPanama, Gulf of Pacific Ocean 8 00 N 79 30 WPanay (island) Philippines 11 15 N 122 30 EPantelleria, Isola di Italy 36 47 N 12 00 E(island)Papeete (capital) French Polynesia 17 32 S 149 34 WParamaribo (capital) Suriname 5 50 N 55 10 WParece Vela (island) Japan 20 20 N 136 00 EParis (capital) France 48 52 N 2 20 EPascua, Isla de (Easter Chile 27 07 S 109 22 WIsland)Pashtunistan (region) Afghanistan, 32 00 N 69 00 EPakistanPassion, Ile de la Clipperton Island 10 17 N 109 13 W(island)Patagonia (region) Argentina 48 00 S 61 00 WPeking (see Beijing) China 39 56 N 116 24 EPelagian Islands (Isole Italy 35 40 N 12 40 EPelagie)Peleliu (Beliliou) Palau 7 01 N 134 15 E(island)Peloponnese (peninsula) Greece 37 30 N 22 25 EPemba Island Tanzania 5 20 S 39 45 EPenang Island Malaysia 5 23 N 100 15 EPentland Firth (channel) Atlantic Ocean 58 44 N 3 13 WPerim (island) Yemen 12 39 N 43 25 EPerouse Strait, La Pacific Ocean 44 45 N 142 00 EPersia (former name for Iran 32 00 N 53 00 EIran)Persian Gulf Indian Ocean 27 00 N 51 00 EPerth (city) Australia 31 56 S 115 50 EPescadores (islands) Taiwan 23 30 N 119 30 EPeshawar (city) Pakistan 34 01 N 71 40 EPeter I Island Antarctica 68 48 S 90 35 WPetrograd (city; former Russia 59 55 N 30 15 Ename for SaintPetersburg)Philip Island Norfolk Island 29 08 S 167 57 EPhilippine Sea Pacific Ocean 20 00 N 134 00 EPhnom Penh (capital) Cambodia 11 33 N 104 55 EPhoenix Islands Kiribati 3 30 S 172 00 WPinatubo, Mount Philippines 15 08 N 120 21 E(volcano)Pines, Isle of (island; Cuba 21 40 N 82 50 Wformer name for Isla dela Juventud)Pleasant Island Nauru 0 32 S 166 55 EPlymouth (capital) Montserrat 16 44 N 62 14 WPodgorica Montenegro 42 26 N 19 16 E(administrative capital)Polska (local name) Poland 52 00 N 20 00 EPolynesie Francaise French Polynesia 15 00 S 140 00 W(local name for FrenchPolynesia)Pomerania (region) Germany, Poland 53 40 N 15 35 EPonape (Pohnpei) Federated States 6 55 N 158 15 E(island) of MicronesiaPort Louis (capital) Mauritius 20 10 S 57 30 EPort Moresby (capital) Papua New Guinea 9 30 S 147 10 EPort-Vila (capital) Vanuatu 17 44 S 168 19 EPort-au-Prince (capital) Haiti 18 32 N 72 20 WPort-of-Spain (capital) Trinidad and 10 39 N 61 31 WTobagoPorto-Novo (capital) Benin 6 29 N 2 37 EPortuguese East Africa Mozambique 18 15 S 35 00 E(former name forMozambique)Portuguese Guinea Guinea-Bissau 12 00 N 15 00 W(former name for Guinea-Bissau)Portuguese Timor (former Timor-Leste 9 00 S 126 00 Ename for Timor-Leste)Poznan (city) Poland 52 25 N 16 55 EPrague (capital) Czech Republic 50 05 N 14 28 EPraia (capital) Cape Verde 14 55 N 23 31 WPrathet Thai (local name Thailand 15 00 N 100 00 Efor Thailand)Pretoria (administrative South Africa 25 42 S 28 13 Ecapital)Prevlaka peninsula Croatia 42 24 N 18 31 EPribilof Islands United States 57 00 N 170 00 WPrince Edward Island Canada 46 20 N 63 20 WPrince Edward Islands South Africa 46 35 S 38 00 EPrince Patrick Island Canada 76 30 N 119 00 WPrincipe (island) Sao Tome and 1 38 N 7 25 EPrincipePristina, Prishtina, Kosovo 42 40 N 21 10 EPrishtine (capital)Prussia (region) Germany, Poland, 53 00 N 14 00 ERussiaPukapuka Atoll Cook Islands 10 53 S 165 49 WPunjab (region) India, Pakistan 30 50 N 73 30 EPuntland (region) Somalia 8 21 N 49 08 E

NAME ENTRY IN LATITUDE LONGITUDTHE WORLD FACTBOOK (DEG EMIN) (DEGMIN)Qazaqstan (local name Kazakhstan 48 00 N 68 00 Efor Kazakhstan)Qita Ghazzah (local name Gaza Strip 31 25 N 34 20 EGaza Strip)Quebec (city) Canada 46 48 N 71 15 WQueen Charlotte Islands Canada 53 00 N 132 00 WQueen Elizabeth Islands Canada 78 00 N 95 00 WQueen Maud Land (claimed Antarctica 73 30 S 12 00 Eby Norway)Quemoy (island) Taiwan 24 27 N 118 23 EQuito (capital) Ecuador 0 13 S 78 30 W

NAME ENTRY IN LATITUDE LONGITUDTHE WORLD FACTBOOK (DEG EMIN) (DEGMIN)Rabat (capital) Morocco 34 02 N 6 51 WRalik Chain (island Marshall Islands 8 00 N 167 00 Egroup)Rangoon (capital; also Burma 16 47 N 96 10 EYangon)Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Chile 27 07 S 109 22 WRatak Chain (island Marshall Islands 9 00 N 171 00 Egroup)Red Sea Indian Ocean 20 00 N 38 00 ERedonda (island) Antigua and 16 55 N 62 19 WBarbudaRepublica Dominicana Dominican Republic 19 00 N 70 40 W(local name forDominican Republic)Republique Centrafricain Central African 7 00 N 21 00 E(local name for Central RepublicAfrican Republic)Republique Francaise France 46 00 N 2 00 E(local name for France)Republique Gabonaise Gabon 1 00 S 11 45 E(local name for Gabon)Republique Rwandaise Rwanda 2 00 S 30 00 E(local name for Rwanda)Republique Togolaise Togo 8 00 N 1 10 E(local name for Togo)Revillagigedo Island United States 55 35 N 131 06 W(Alaska)Revillagigedo Islands Mexico 19 00 N 112 45 WReykjavik (capital) Iceland 64 09 N 21 57 WRhodes (island) Greece 36 10 N 28 00 ERhodesia, Northern Zambia 15 00 S 30 00 E(former name for Zambia)Rhodesia, Southern Zimbabwe 20 00 S 30 00 E(former name forZimbabwe)Riga (capital) Latvia 56 57 N 24 06 ERiga, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean 57 30 N 23 30 ERio Muni (mainland Equatorial Guinea 1 30 N 10 00 Eregion)Rio de Janiero (city) Brazil 22 55 S 43 17 WRio de Oro (region) Western Sahara 23 45 N 15 45 WRio de la Plata (gulf) Atlantic Ocean 35 00 S 59 00 WRiyadh (capital) Saudi Arabia 24 38 N 46 43 ERoad Town (capital) British Virgin 18 27 N 64 37 WIslandsRobinson Crusoe Island Chile 33 38 S 78 52 W(Mas a Tierra)Rocas, Atol das (island) Brazil 3 51 S 33 49 WRockall (island) United Kingdom 57 35 N 13 48 WRodrigues (island) Mauritius 19 42 S 63 25 ERome (capital) Italy 41 54 N 12 29 ERoncador Cay (island) Colombia 13 32 N 80 03 WRoosevelt Island Antarctica 79 30 S 162 00 WRoseau (capital) Dominica 15 18 N 61 24 WRoss Dependency (claimed Antarctica 80 00 S 180 00 Eby New Zealand)Ross Island Antarctica 81 30 S 175 00 WRoss Sea Antarctica, 76 00 S 175 00 WSouthern OceanRossiya (local name for Russia 60 00 N 100 00 ERussia)Rota (island) Northern Mariana 14 10 N 145 12 EIslandsRotuma (island) Fiji 12 30 S 177 05 ERuanda (former name for Rwanda 2 00 S 30 00 ERwanda)Rub al Khali (desert) Saudi Arabia 19 30 N 49 00 ERumelia (region) Albania, Bulgaria, 42 00 N 22 30 EMacedoniaRuthenia (region; former Ukraine 48 22 N 23 32 Ename for Carpatho-Ukraine)Ryukyu Islands Japan 26 30 N 128 00 E

NAME ENTRY IN LATITUDE LONGITUDTHE WORLD FACTBOOK (DEG EMIN) (DEGMIN)Saar (region) Germany 49 25 N 7 00 ESaaremaa (island) Estonia 58 25 N 22 30 ESaba (island) Netherlands 17 38 N 63 10 WAntillesSabah (state) Malaysia 5 20 N 117 10 ESable Island Canada 43 55 N 59 50 WSafety Islands (Iles du French Guiana 5 20 N 52 37 WSalut)Sahara Occidental Western Sahara 24 30 N 13 00 W(former name for WesternSahara)Sahel (region) Burkina Faso, 15 00 N 8 00 WChad, The Gambia,Guinea- Bissau,Mali, Mauritania,Niger, SenegalSaigon (city; former Vietnam 10 45 N 106 40 Ename for Ho Chi MinhCity)Saint Brandon (Cargados Mauritius 16 25 S 59 38 ECarajos Shoals)Saint Christopher Saint Kitts and 17 20 N 62 45 W(island) NevisSaint Christopher and Saint Kitts and 17 20 N 62 45 WNevis NevisSaint Eustatius (island) Netherlands 17 30 N 63 00 WAntillesSaint George's (capital) Grenada 12 03 N 61 45 WSaint George's Channel Atlantic Ocean 52 00 N 6 00 WSaint Helena Island Saint Helena 15 57 S 5 42 WSaint Helens, Mount United States 46 15 N 122 12 W(volcano)Saint Helier (capital) Jersey 49 12 N 2 07 WSaint John (city) Canada (New 45 16 N 66 04 WBrunswick)Saint John's (capital) Antigua and 17 06 N 61 51 WBarbudaSaint Lawrence Island United States 49 30 N 67 00 WSaint Lawrence Seaway Atlantic Ocean 49 15 N 67 00 WSaint Lawrence, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean 48 00 N 62 00 WSaint Paul Island Canada 47 12 N 60 09 WSaint Paul Island United States 57 11 N 170 16 WSaint Paul Island (Ile French Southern 38 43 S 77 29 ESaint-Paul) and AntarcticLandsSaint Peter Port Guernsey 49 27 N 2 32 W(capital)Saint Peter and Saint Brazil 0 23 N 29 23 WPaul Rocks (Penedos deSao Pedro e Sao Paulo)Saint Petersburg (city; Russia 59 55 N 30 15 Eformer capital)Saint Thomas (island) Virgin Islands 18 21 N 64 55 WSaint Vincent Passage Atlantic Ocean 13 30 N 61 00 WSaint-Denis (capital) Reunion 20 52 S 55 28 ESaint-Pierre (capital) Saint Pierre and 46 46 N 56 11 WMiquelonSaipan (island) Northern Mariana 15 12 N 145 45 EIslandsSak'art'velo (local name Georgia 42 00 N 43 30 Efor Georgia)Sakhalin Island (Ostrov Russia 51 00 N 143 00 ESakhalin)Sakishima Islands Japan 24 30 N 124 00 ESala y Gomez, Isla Chile 26 28 S 105 00 W(island)Salisbury (city; former Zimbabwe 17 50 S 105 00 Wname for Harare)Salzburg (city) Austria 47 48 N 13 02 ESamar (island) Philippines 12 00 N 125 00 ESamaria (region) West Bank 32 15 N 35 10 ESamoa Islands American Samoa, 14 00 S 171 00 WSamoaSamos (island) Greece 37 48 N 26 44 ESan Ambrosio, Isla Chile 26 21 S 79 52 W(island)San Andres y Colombia 13 00 N 81 30 WProvidencia,Archipielago (islandgroup)San Bernardino Strait Pacific Ocean 12 32 N 124 10 ESan Felix, Isla (island) Chile 26 17 S 80 05 WSan Jose (capital) Costa Rica 9 56 N 84 05 WSan Juan (capital) Puerto Rico 18 28 N 66 07 WSan Marino (capital) San Marino 43 56 N 12 25 ESan Salvador (capital) El Salvador 13 42 N 89 12 WSanaa (capital) Yemen 15 21 N 44 12 ESandzak (region) Montenegro, Serbia 43 05 N 19 45 ESanta Cruz (city) Bolivia 17 48 S 63 10 WSanta Cruz Islands Solomon Islands 11 00 S 166 15 ESanta Sede (local name Holy See 41 54 N 12 27 Efor the Holy See)Santiago (capital) Chile 33 27 S 70 40 WSanto Antao (island) Cape Verde 17 05 N 25 10 WSanto Domingo (capital) Dominican Republic 18 28 N 69 54 WSao Paulo (city) Brazil 23 35 S 46 43 WSao Pedro e Sao Paulo, Brazil 0 23 N 29 23 WPenedos de (rocks)Sao Tiago (island) Cape Verde 15 05 N 23 40 WSao Tome (island) Sao Tome and 0 12 N 6 39 EPrincipeSapporo (city) Japan 43 04 N 141 20 ESapudi Strait Pacific Ocean 7 05 S 114 10 ESarajevo (capital) Bosnia and 43 52 N 18 25 EHerzegovinaSarawak (state) Malaysia 2 30 N 113 30 ESardinia (island) Italy 40 00 N 9 00 ESargasso Sea (region) Atlantic Ocean 30 00 N 55 00 WSark (island) Guernsey 49 26 N 2 21 WSavage Island (former Niue 19 02 S 169 52 Wname for Niue)Savu Sea Pacific Ocean 9 30 S 122 00 ESaxony (region) Germany 51 00 N 13 00 ESchleswig-Holstein Germany 54 31 N 9 33 E(region)Schweiz (local German Switzerland 47 00 N 8 00 Ename for Switzerland)Scopus, Mount Israel, West Bank 31 48 N 35 14 EScotia Sea Atlantic Ocean, 56 00 S 40 00 WSouthern OceanScotland (region) United Kingdom 57 00 N 4 00 WScott Island Antarctica 67 24 S 179 55 WSenegambia (region; The Gambia, 13 50 N 15 25 Wformer name of Senegalconfederation of Senegaland The Gambia)Senyavin Islands Federated States 6 55 N 158 00 Eof MicronesiaSeoul (capital) South Korea 37 34 N 127 00 ESerendib (former name Sri Lanka 7 00 N 81 00 Efor Sri Lanka)Serrana Bank (shoal) Colombia 14 25 N 80 16 WSerranilla Bank (shoal) Colombia 15 51 N 79 46 WSettlement, The Christmas Island 10 25 S 105 43 E(capital)Severnaya Zemlya (island Russia 79 30 N 98 00 Egroup; also Northland)Shaba (region) Democratic 8 00 S 27 00 ERepublic of theCongoShag Island Heard Island and 53 00 S 72 30 EMcDonald IslandsShag Rocks South Georgia and 53 33 S 42 02 Wthe South SandwichIslandsShanghai (city) China 31 14 N 121 30 EShenyang (city; also China 41 46 N 123 24 EMukden)Shetland Islands United Kingdom 60 30 N 1 30 WShikoku (island) Japan 33 45 N 133 30 EShikotan (island) Russia (de facto) 43 47 N 146 45 EShqiperia (local name Albania 41 00 N 20 00 Efor Albania)Siam (former name for Thailand 15 00 N 100 00 EThailand)Siberia (region) Russia 60 00 N 100 00 ESibutu Passage Pacific Ocean 4 50 N 119 35 ESicily (island) Italy 37 30 N 14 00 ESicily, Strait of Atlantic Ocean 37 20 N 11 20 ESidra, Gulf of Atlantic Ocean 31 30 N 18 00 ESikkim (state) India 27 50 N 88 30 ESilesia (region) Czech Republic, 51 00 N 17 00 EGermany, PolandSinai Peninsula Egypt 29 30 N 34 00 ESingapore (capital) Singapore 1 17 N 103 51 ESingapore Strait Pacific Ocean 1 15 N 104 00 ESinkiang (autonomous China 42 00 N 86 00 Eregion; also Xinjiang)Sint Eustatius (island) Netherlands 17 29 N 62 58 WAntillesSint Maarten (island; Netherlands 18 04 N 63 04 Walso Saint-Martin) AntillesSjaelland (island) Denmark 55 30 N 12 00 ESkagerrak (strait) Atlantic Ocean 57 45 N 9 00 ESkopje (capital) Macedonia 41 59 N 21 26 ESlavonia (region) Croatia 45 27 N 18 00 ESlovenija (local name Slovenia 46 00 N 15 00 Efor Slovenia)Slovensko (local name Slovakia 48 40 N 19 30 Efor Slovakia)Smyrna (region; former Turkey 38 25 N 27 10 Ename for Izmir)Society Islands (Iles de French Polynesia 17 00 S 150 00 Wla Societe)Socotra (island) Yemen 12 30 N 54 00 ESofia (capital) Bulgaria 42 41 N 23 19 ESolomon Islands, Papua New Guinea 6 00 S 155 00 EnorthernSolomon Islands, Solomon Islands 8 00 S 159 00 EsouthernSolomon Sea Pacific Ocean 8 00 S 153 00 ESomaliland (region) Somalia 9 30 N 46 00 ESomers Islands (former Bermuda 32 20 N 64 45 Wname for Bermuda)Songkhla (city) Thailand 7 12 N 100 36 ESound, The (strait; also Atlantic Ocean 55 50 N 12 40 EOresund)South Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean 30 00 S 15 00 WSouth China Sea Pacific Ocean 10 00 N 113 00 ESouth Georgia (island) South Georgia and 54 15 S 36 45 Wthe South SandwichIslandsSouth Island New Zealand 43 00 S 171 00 ESouth Korea South Korea 37 00 N 127 30 ESouth Orkney Islands Antarctica 61 00 S 45 00 WSouth Ossetia (region) Georgia 42 20 N 44 00 ESouth Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean 30 00 S 130 00 WSouth Sandwich Islands South Georgia and 57 45 S 26 30 Wthe South SandwichIslandsSouth Shetland Islands Antarctica 62 00 S 59 00 WSouth Tyrol (region) Italy 46 30 N 10 30 ESouth Vietnam (former Vietnam 12 00 N 108 00 Ename for the southernportion of Vietnam)South Yemen (People's Yemen 14 00 N 48 00 EDemocratic Republic ofYemen; now part ofYemen)South-West Africa Namibia 22 00 S 17 00 E(former name forNamibia)Southern Grenadines Grenada 12 20 N 61 30 W(island group)Southern Rhodesia Zimbabwe 20 00 S 30 00 E(former name forZimbabwe)Soviet Union (former Armenia,name of a large Eurasian Azerbaijan,empire, roughly coequal Belarus, Estonia,with the former Russian Georgia,Empire) Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Latvia, Lithuania,Moldova, Russia,Tajikistan,Turkmenistan,Ukraine,UzbekistanSpanish Guinea (former Equatorial Guinea 2 00 N 10 00 Ename for EquatorialGuinea)Spanish Morocco (former Morocco 32 00 N 7 00 Wname for northernMorocco)Spanish North Africa Spain (Ceuta, 35 15 N 4 00 W(exclaves) Islas Chafarinas,Melilla, Penon deAlhucemas, Penonde Velez de laGomera)Spanish Sahara (former Western Sahara 24 30 N 13 00 Wname)Spanish West Africa Morocco, Western 25 00 N 13 00 W(former name for Ifni Saharaand Spanish Sahara)Spice Islands (Moluccas) Indonesia 2 00 S 28 00 ESpitsbergen (island) Svalbard 78 00 N 20 00 ESrbija (local name for Serbia 44 00 N 21 00 ESerbia)St. John's (city) Canada 47 34 N 52 43 W(Newfoundland)Stanley (capital) Falkland Islands 51 42 S 57 41 W(Islas Malvinas)Stockholm (capital) Sweden 59 20 N 18 03 EStrasbourg (city) France 48 35 N 7 44 EStuttgart (city) Germany 48 46 N 9 11 ESucre (constitutional Bolivia 19 02 S 65 17 Wcapital)Suez Canal Egypt 29 55 N 32 33 ESuez, Gulf of Indian Ocean 28 10 N 33 27 ESuisse (local French Switzerland 47 00 N 8 00 Ename for Switzerland)Sulawesi (island; Indonesia 2 00 S 121 00 ECelebes)Sulawesi Sea Pacific Ocean 3 00 N 122 00 ESulu Archipelago (island Philippines 6 00 N 121 00 Egroup)Sulu Sea Pacific Ocean 8 00 N 120 00 ESumatra (island) Indonesia 0 00 N 102 00 ESumba (island) Indonesia 10 00 S 120 00 ESumba Strait Pacific Ocean 9 10 S 120 00 ESumbawa (island) Indonesia 8 30 S 118 00 ESunda Islands (Soenda Indonesia, 2 00 S 110 00 EIsles) MalaysiaSunda Strait Indian Ocean 6 00 S 105 45 ESuomi (local name for Finland 64 00 N 26 00 EFinland)Surabaya (city) Indonesia 7 13 S 112 45 ESurigao Strait Pacific Ocean 10 15 N 125 23 ESurinam (former name for Suriname 4 00 N 56 00 WSuriname)Suriyah (local name for Syria 35 00 N 38 00 ESyria)Surtsey (volcanic Iceland 63 17 N 20 40 Wisland)Suva (capital) Fiji 18 08 S 178 25 ESverdlovsk (city; also Russia 56 50 N 60 39 EYekaterinburg)Sverige (local name for Sweden 62 00 N 15 00 ESweden)Svizzera (local Italian Switzerland 47 00 N 8 00 Ename for Switzerland)Swains Island American Samoa 11 03 S 171 15 WSwan Islands Honduras 17 25 S 83 56 WSydney (city) Australia 33 53 S 151 13 E


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