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

Macao

Macau

22 10 N

113 33 E

Macedonia

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

41 50 N

22 00 E

Macquarie Island

Australia

30 07 S

147 24 E

Madagasikara (local name for Madagascar)

Madagascar

20 00 S

47 00 E

Maddalena, Isola

Italy

41 13 N

09 24 E

Madeira Islands

Portugal

32 40 N

16 45 W

Madras (see Chennai) (city)

India

13 04 N

80 16 E

Madrid (capital)

Spain

40 24 N

3 41 W

Magellan, Strait of

Atlantic Ocean

54 00 S

71 00 W

Maghreb (region)

Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia

30 00 N

5 00 E

Magreb (local name for Morocco)

Morocco

32 00 N

5 00 W

Magyarorszag (local name for Hungary)

Hungary

47 00 N

20 00 E

Mahe Island

Seychelles

4 41 S

55 30 E

Maiz, Islas del (Corn Islands)

Nicaragua

12 15 N

83 00 W

Majorca Island (Isla de Mallorca)

Spain

39 30 N

3 00 E

Majuro (capital)

Marshall Islands

7 05 N

171 08 E

Makassar Strait

Pacific Ocean

2 00 S

117 30 E

Makedonija (local name for Macedonia)

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

41 50 N

22 00 E

Malabo (capital)

Equatorial Guinea

3 45 N

8 47 E

Malacca, Strait of

Indian Ocean

2 30 N

101 20 E

Malagasy Republic

Madagascar

20 00 S

47 00 E

Malay Archipelago

Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines

2 30 N

120 00 E

Malay Peninsula

Malaysia, Thailand

7 10 N

100 35 E

Male (capital)

Maldives

4 10 N

73 31 E

Mallorca (Majorca) (island)

Spain

39 30 N

3 00 E

Malmady (region)

Belgium

50 26 N

6 02 E

Malpelo, Isla de (island)

Colombia

4 00 N

90 30 W

Malta Channel

Atlantic Ocean

56 44 N

26 53 E

Malvinas, Islas (island group)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

51 45 S

59 00 W

Mamoutzou (capital)

Mayotte

12 47 S

45 14 E

Managua (capital)

Nicaragua

12 09 N

86 17 W

Manama (capital)

Bahrain

26 13 N

50 35 E

Manchukuo (former state)

China

44 00 N

124 00 E

Manchuria (region)

China

44 00 N

124 00 E

Manila (capital)

Philippines

14 35 N

121 00 E

Manipa Strait

Pacific Ocean

3 20 S

127 23 E

Mannar, Gulf of

Indian Ocean

8 30 N

79 00 E

Manua Islands

American Samoa

14 13 S

169 35 W

Maputo (capital)

Mozambique

25 58 S

32 35 E

Marcus Island (Minami-tori-shima)

Japan

24 16 N

154 00 E

Margarita, Isla (island)

Venezuela

10 00 N

64 00 W

Mariana Islands

Guam, Northern Mariana Islands

16 00 N

145 30 E

Marie Byrd Land (region)

Antarctica

77 00 S

130 00 W

Marion Island

South Africa

46 51 S

37 52 E

Marmara, Sea of

Atlantic Ocean

40 40 N

28 15 E

Marquesas Islands (Iles Marquises)

French Polynesia

9 00 S

139 30 W

Martin Vaz, Ilhas (island group)

Brazil

20 30 S

28 51 W

Mas a Tierra (Robinson Crusoe Island)

Chile

33 38 S

78 52 W

Mascarene Islands

Mauritius, Reunion

21 00 S

57 00 E

Maseru (capital)

Lesotho

29 28 S

27 30 E

Mata-Utu (capital)

Wallis and Futuna

13 57 S

171 56 W

Matsu (island)

Taiwan

26 13 N

119 56 E

Matthew Island

New Caledonia, Vanuatu

22 20 S

171 20 E

Mauritanie (local name for Mauritania)

Mauritania

20 00 N

12 00 W

Mazatlan (city)

Mexico

23 13 N

106 25 W

Mbabane (capital)

Swaziland

26 18 S

31 06 E

McDonald Islands

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

53 06 S

73 30 E

Mecca (city)

Saudi Arabia

21 27 N

39 49 E

Mediterranean Sea

Atlantic Ocean

36 00 N

15 00 E

Melilla (exclave)

Spain

35 19 N

2 58 W

Memel (region)

Lithuania

55 43 N

21 30 E

Mesopotamia (region)

Iraq

33 00 N

44 00 E

Messina, Strait of

Atlantic Ocean

38 15 N

15 35 E

Mexico (capital)

Mexico

19 24 N

99 09 W

Mexico, Gulf of

Atlantic Ocean

25 00 N

90 00 W

Middle Congo (former name for Republic of the Congo)

Republic of the Congo

1 00 S

15 00 E

Milwaukee Deep (Puerto Rico Trench)

Atlantic Ocean

19 55 N

65 27 W

Minami-tori-shima (Marcus Island)

Japan

24 16 N

154 00 E

Mindanao (island)

Philippines

8 00 N

125 00 E

Mindanao Sea

Pacific Ocean

9 15 N

124 30 E

Mindoro (island)

Philippines

12 50 N

121 05 E

Mindoro Strait

Pacific Ocean

12 20 N

120 40 E

Mingrelia (region)

Georgia

42 30 N

41 52 E

Minicoy Island

India

8 17 N

73 02 E

Minorca Island (Isla de Menorca)

Spain

40 00 N

4 00 E

Minsk (capital)

Belarus

53 54 N

27 34 E

Misr (local name for Egypt)

Egypt

27 00 N

30 00 E

Mitla Pass

Egypt

30 02 N

32 54 E

Mocambique (local name for Mozambique)

Mozambique

18 15 S

35 00 E

Mogadishu (capital)

Somalia

2 04 N

45 22 E

Moldavia (region)

Moldova, Romania

47 00 N

29 00 E

Molucca Sea

Pacific Ocean

2 00 N

127 00 E

Moluccas (Spice Islands)

Indonesia

2 00 S

28 00 E

Mombasa (city)

Kenya

4 03 S

39 40 E

Mona Passage

Atlantic Ocean

18 30 N

67 45 W

Monaco (capital)

Monaco

43 44 N

7 25 E

Mongol Uls (local name for Mongolia)

Mongolia

46 00 N

105 00 E

Monrovia (capital)

Liberia

6 18 N

10 47 W

Montenegro (political region)

Yugoslavia

42 30 N

19 00 E

Monterrey (city)

Mexico

25 40 N

100 19 W

Montevideo (capital)

Uruguay

34 53 S

56 11 W

Montreal (city)

Canada

45 31 N

73 34 W

Moravia (region)

Czech Republic

49 30 N

17 00 E

Moravian Gate (pass)

Czech Republic

49 35 N

17 50 E

Moroni (capital)

Comoros

11 41 S

43 16 E

Mortlock Islands (Nomoi Islands)

Federated States of Micronesia

5 30 N

153 40 E

Moscow (capital)

Russia

55 45 N

37 35 E

Mount Pinatubo (volcano)

Philippines

15 08 N

120 21 E

Mozambique Channel

Indian Ocean

19 00 S

41 00 E

Muritaniyah (local name for Mauritania)

Mauritania

20 00 N

12 00 W

Musandam Peninsula

Oman, United Arab Emirates

26 18 N

56 24 E

Muscat (capital)

Oman

23 37 N

58 35 E

Muscat and Oman (former name for Oman)

Oman

21 00 N

57 00 E

Myanma, Myanmar

Burma

22 00 N

98 00 E

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