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Appendix F: Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names
(R Entries)

 

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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.

 

Name

Entry in The World Factbook

Latitude (deg min)

Longitude (deg min)

Rabat (capital)

Morocco

34 02 N

6 51 W

Ralik Chain (island group)

Marshall Islands

8 00 N

167 00 E

Rangoon (Yangon) (capital)

Burma

16 47 N

96 10 E

Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

Chile

27 07 S

109 22 W

Ratak Chain (island group)

Marshall Islands

9 00 N

171 00 E

Red Sea

Indian Ocean

20 00 N

38 00 E

Redonda (island)

Antigua and Barbuda

16 55 N

62 19 W

Republica Dominicana (local name for Dominican Republic)

Dominican Republic

19 00 N

70 40 W

Republique Centrafricain (local name for Central African Republic)

Central African Republic

7 00 N

21 00 E

Republique Francaise (local name for France)

France

46 00 N

2 00 E

Republique Gabonaise (local name for Gabon)

Gabon

1 00 S

11 45 E

Republique Rwandaise (local name for Rwanda)

Rwanda

2 00 S

30 00 E

Republique Togolaise (local name for Togo)

Togo

8 00 N

1 10 E

Revillagigedo Island

United States (Alaska)

55 35 N

131 06 W

Revillagigedo Islands

Mexico

19 00 N

112 45 W

Reykjavik (capital)

Iceland

19 00 N

111 30 W

Rhodes (island)

Greece

36 10 N

28 00 E

Rhodesia (region)

Zimbabwe

20 00 S

30 00 E

Rhodesia, Northern (former name for Zambia)

Zambia

15 00 S

30 00 E

Rhodesia, Southern (former name for Zimbabwe)

Zimbabwe

20 00 S

30 00 E

Riga (capital)

Latvia

56 57 N

24 06 E

Riga, Gulf of

Atlantic Ocean

57 30 N

23 30 E

Rio de la Plata (gulf)

Atlantic Ocean

35 00 S

59 00 W

Rio de Oro (region)

Western Sahara

23 45 N

15 45 W

Rio Muni (mainland region)

Equatorial Guinea

1 30 N

10 00 E

Riyadh (capital)

Saudi Arabia

24 38 N

46 43 E

Road Town (capital)

British Virgin Islands

18 27 N

64 37 W

Robinson Crusoe Island (Mas a Tierra)

Chile

33 38 S

78 52 W

Rocas, Atol das (island)

Brazil

3 51 S

33 49 W

Rockall (island)

United Kingdom

57 35 N

13 48 W

Rodrigues (island)

Mauritius

19 42 S

63 25 E

Rome (capital)

Italy

41 54 N

12 29 E

Roncador Cay (island)

Colombia

13 32 N

80 03 W

Roosevelt Island

Antarctica

79 30 S

162 00 W

Roseau (capital)

Dominica

15 18 N

61 24 W

Ross Dependency (claimed by New Zealand)

Antarctica

80 00 S

180 00 E

Ross Island

Antarctica

81 30 S

175 00 W

Ross Sea

Antarctica, Southern Ocean

76 00 S

175 00 W

Rossiya (local name for Russia)

Russia

60 00 N

100 00 E

Rota (island)

Northern Mariana Islands

14 10 N

145 12 E

Rotuma (island)

Fiji

12 30 S

177 30 E

Ruanda (former name for Rwanda)

Rwanda

2 00 S

30 00 E

Rub al Khali (desert)

Saudi Arabia

19 30 N

49 00 E

Rumelia (region)

Albania, Bulgaria, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

42 00 N

22 30 E

Ruthenia (region; former name for Carpatho-Ukraine)

Ukraine

48 22 N

23 32 E

Ryukyu Islands

Japan

26 30 N

128 00 E

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