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

Gaborone (capital)

Botswana

24 45 S

25 55 E

Galapagos Islands (Archipielago de Colon)

Ecuador

0 00 N

90 30 W

Galicia (region)

Poland, Ukraine

49 30 N

23 00 E

Galicia (region)

Spain

42 45 N

8 10 E

Galilee (region)

Israel

32 54 N

35 20 E

Galleons Passage

Atlantic Ocean

11 00 N

60 55 W

Gambier Islands (Iles Gambier)

French Polynesia

23 09 S

134 58 W

Gaspar Strait

Pacific Ocean

3 00 S

107 00 E

Gdansk (Danzig) (city)

Poland

54 23 N

18 40 E

Geneva (city)

Switzerland

46 12 N

6 10 E

Genoa (city)

Italy

44 25 N

8 57 E

George Town (capital)

Cayman Islands

19 20 N

81 23 W

George Town (city)

Malaysia

5 26 N

100 16 E

George Town (city)

The Bahamas

23 30 N

75 46 W

Georgetown (capital)

Guyana

6 48 N

58 10 W

Georgetown (city)

The Gambia

13 30 N

14 47 W

German Democratic Republic (East Germany) (former name for eastern portion of Germany)

Germany

52 00 N

13 00 E

German Southwest Africa (former name for Namibia)

Namibia

22 00 S

17 00 E

Germany, Federal Republic of

Germany

51 00 N

9 00 E

Gibraltar (city, peninsula)

Gibraltar

36 11 N

5 22 W

Gibraltar, Strait of

Atlantic Ocean

35 57 N

5 36 W

Gidi Pass

Egypt

30 13 N

33 09 E

Gilbert Islands

Kiribati

1 25 N

173 00 E

Goa (state)

India

14 20 N

74 00 E

Gobi (desert)

China, Mongolia

42 30 N

107 00 E

Godthab (Nuuk) (capital)

Greenland

64 11 N

51 44 W

Golan Heights (region)

Syria

33 00 N

35 45 E

Gold Coast (former name for Ghana)

Ghana

8 00 N

2 00 W

Golfo San Jorge (gulf)

Atlantic Ocean

46 00 S

66 00 W

Golfo San Matias (gulf)

Atlantic Ocean

41 30 S

64 00 W

Good Hope, Cape of

South Africa

34 24 S

18 30 E

Goteborg (city)

Sweden

57 43 N

11 58 E

Gotland (island)

Sweden

57 30 N

18 33 E

Gough Island

Saint Helena

40 10 S

9 45 W

Graham Land (region)

Antarctica

65 00 S

64 00 W

Gran Chaco (region)

Argentina, Paraguay

24 00 S

60 00 W

Grand Bahama (island)

The Bahamas

26 40 N

78 35 W

Grand Banks (fishing ground)

Atlantic Ocean

47 06 N

55 48 W

Grand Cayman (island)

Cayman Islands

19 20 N

81 20 W

Grand Turk (Cockburn Town) (capital)

Turks and Caicos Islands

21 28 N

71 08 W

Great Australian Bight

Indian Ocean

35 00 S

130 00 E

Great Belt (Store Baelt) (strait)

Atlantic Ocean

55 30 N

11 00 E

Great Bitter Lake

Egypt

30 20 N

32 23 E

Great Britain (island)

United Kingdom

54 00 N

2 00 W

Great Channel

Indian Ocean

6 25 N

94 20 E

Great Inagua (island)

The Bahamas

21 00 N

73 20 W

Great Rift Valley

Ethiopia, Kenya

0 30 N

36 00 E

Greater Sunda Islands

Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia

2 00 S

110 00 E

Green Islands

Papua New Guinea

4 30 S

154 10 E

Greenland Sea

Arctic Ocean

79 00 N

5 00 W

Grenadines, Northern (island group)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

13 15 N

61 12 W

Grenadines, Southern (island group)

Grenada

12 07 N

61 40 W

Grytviken (South Georgia) (town)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

54 15 S

36 45 W

Guadalcanal (island)

Solomon Islands

9 32 S

160 12 E

Guadalupe, Isla de (island)

Mexico

29 11 N

118 17 W

Guantanamo Bay (US Naval Base)

Cuba

20 00 N

75 08 W

Guatemala (capital)

Guatemala

14 38 N

90 31 W

Guinea Ecuatorial (local name for Equatorial Guinea)

Equatorial Guinea

2 00 N

10 00 E

Guinea, Gulf of

Atlantic Ocean

3 00 N

2 30 E

Guine-Bissau (local name for Guinea-Bissau)

Guinea-Bissau

12 00 N

15 00 W

Guinee (local name for Guinea)

Guinea

11 00 N

10 00 W

Guyane Francaise (local name for French Guiana)

French Guiana

4 00 N

53 00 W

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