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Appendix F: Cross-Reference List of Geographic
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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) |
La Paz (capital) |
Bolivia |
16 30 S |
68 09 W |
La Perouse Strait |
Pacific Ocean |
45 45 N |
142 00 E |
Labrador (peninsula, region) |
Canada |
54 00 N |
62 00 W |
Labrador Sea |
Atlantic Ocean |
60 00 N |
55 00 W |
Laccadive Islands |
India |
10 00 N |
73 00 E |
Laccadive Sea |
Indian Ocean |
7 00 N |
76 00 E |
Lagos (capital) |
Nigeria |
6 27 N |
3 24 E |
Lake Erie |
Atlantic Ocean |
42 30 N |
81 00 W |
Lake Huron |
Atlantic Ocean |
45 00 N |
83 00 W |
Lake Michigan |
Atlantic Ocean |
43 30 N |
87 30 W |
Lake Ontario |
Atlantic Ocean |
43 30 N |
78 00 W |
Lake Superior |
Atlantic Ocean |
48 00 N |
88 00 W |
Lakshadweep (Laccadive Islands) |
India |
10 00 N |
73 00 E |
Lantau Island |
Hong Kong |
22 15 N |
113 55 E |
Lao (local name for Laos) |
Laos |
18 00 N |
105 00 E |
Laptev Sea |
Arctic Ocean |
76 00 N |
126 00 E |
Las Palmas (city) |
Spain (Canary Islands) |
28 06 N |
15 24 W |
Latakia (region) |
Syria |
36 00 N |
35 50 E |
Latvija (local name for Latvia) |
Latvia |
57 00 N |
25 00 E |
Lau Group (island group) |
Fiji |
18 20 S |
178 30 E |
Lefkosa (see Nicosia) |
Cyprus |
35 10 N |
33 22 E |
Lemnos (island) |
Greece |
39 54 N |
25 21 E |
Leningrad (see Saint Petersburg) |
Russia |
59 55 N |
30 15 E |
Lesser Sunda Islands |
Indonesia |
9 00 S |
120 00 E |
Lesvos (island) |
Greece |
39 15 N |
26 15 E |
Leyte (island) |
Philippines |
10 50 N |
124 50 E |
Liancourt Rocks (claimed by Japan) |
South Korea |
37 15 N |
131 50 E |
Liaodong Wan (gulf) |
Pacific Ocean |
40 30 N |
121 20 E |
Liban (local name for Lebanon) |
Lebanon |
33 50 N |
36 50 E |
Libreville (capital) |
Gabon |
0 23 N |
9 27 E |
Lietuva (local name for Lithuania) |
Lithuania |
56 00 N |
24 00 E |
Ligurian Sea |
Atlantic Ocean |
43 30 N |
9 00 E |
Lilongwe (capital) |
Malawi |
13 59 S |
33 44 E |
Lima (capital) |
Peru |
12 03 S |
77 03 W |
Lincoln Sea |
Arctic Ocean |
83 00 N |
56 00 W |
Line Islands |
Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef, Kiribati, Palmyra Atoll |
0 05 N |
157 00 W |
Lion, Gulf of |
Atlantic Ocean |
43 20 N |
4 00 E |
Lisbon (capital) |
Portugal |
38 43 N |
9 08 W |
Little Belt (Lille Baelt) (strait) |
Atlantic Ocean |
55 05 N |
9 55 E |
Ljubljana (capital) |
Slovenia |
46 03 N |
14 31 E |
Llanos (region) |
Venezuela |
8 00 N |
68 00 W |
Lobamba (city) |
Swaziland |
26 27 S |
31 12 E |
Lombok (island) |
Indonesia |
8 28 S |
116 40 E |
Lombok Strait |
Indian Ocean |
8 30 S |
115 50 E |
Lome (capital) |
Togo |
6 08 N |
1 13 E |
London (capital) |
United Kingdom |
51 30 N |
0 10 W |
Longyearbyen (town) |
Svalbard |
78 13 N |
15 33 E |
Lord Howe Island |
Australia |
31 30 S |
159 00 E |
Lorraine (region) |
France |
48 42 N |
6 11 E |
Louisiade Archipelago |
Papua New Guinea |
11 00 S |
153 00 E |
Lourenco Marques (city) (former name for Maputo) |
Mozambique |
25 56 S |
32 34 E |
Loyalty Islands (Iles Loyaute) |
New Caledonia |
21 00 S |
167 00 E |
Luanda (capital) |
Angola |
8 48 S |
13 14 E |
Lubnan (local name for Lebanon) |
Lebanon |
33 50 N |
36 50 E |
Lubumbashi (city) |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
11 40 S |
27 28 E |
Lusaka (capital) |
Zambia |
15 25 S |
28 17 E |
Luxembourg (capital) |
Luxembourg |
49 45 N |
6 10 E |
Luzon (island) |
Philippines |
16 00 N |
121 00 E |
Luzon Strait |
Pacific Ocean |
20 30 N |
121 00 E |
Lyakhov Islands |
Russia |
73 45 N |
138 00 E |
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