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

Bab el Mandeb (strait)

Indian Ocean

12 40 N

43 20 E

Babuyan Channel

Pacific Ocean

18 44 N

121 40 E

Babuyan Islands

Philippines

19 10 N

121 40 E

Baffin Bay

Arctic Ocean

73 00 N

66 00 W

Baffin Island

Canada

68 00 N

70 00 W

Baghdad (capital)

Iraq

33 21 N

44 25 E

Baki (see Baku)

Azerbaijan

40 23 N

49 51 E

Baku (capital)

Azerbaijan

40 23 N

49 51 E

Baky (see Baku)

Azerbaijan

40 23 N

49 51 E

Balabac Strait

Pacific Ocean

7 35 N

117 00 E

Balearic Islands

Spain

39 30 N

3 00 E

Balearic Sea (Iberian Sea)

Atlantic Ocean

40 30 N

2 00 E

Bali (island)

Indonesia

8 20 S

115 00 E

Bali Sea

Indian Ocean

7 45 S

115 30 E

Balintang Channel

Pacific Ocean

19 49 N

121 40 E

Balintang Islands

Philippines

19 55 N

122 10 E

Balkan Peninsula

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Yugoslavia

42 00 N

23 00 E

Balleny Islands

Antarctica

67 00 S

163 00 E

Balochistan (region)

Pakistan

28 00 N

63 00 E

Baltic Sea

Atlantic Ocean

57 00 N

19 00 E

Bamako (capital)

Mali

12 39 N

8 00 W

Banaba (Ocean Island)

Kiribati

0 52 S

169 35 E

Banat (region)

Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia

45 30 N

21 00 E

Banda Sea

Pacific Ocean

5 00 S

128 00 E

Bandar Seri Begawan (capital)

Brunei

4 52 S

114 55 E

Bangka (island)

Indonesia

2 30 S

106 00 E

Bangkok (capital)

Thailand

13 45 N

100 31 E

Bangui (capital)

Central African Republic

4 22 N

18 35 E

Banjul (capital)

The Gambia

13 28 N

16 39 W

Banks Island

Australia

10 12 S

142 16 E

Banks Island

Canada

75 15 N

121 30 W

Banks Islands (Iles Banks)

Vanuatu

14 00 S

167 30 E

Barbuda (island)

Antigua and Barbuda

17 38 N

61 48 W

Barents Sea

Arctic Ocean

74 00 N

36 00 E

Barranquilla (city)

Colombia

10 59 N

74 48 W

Bashi Channel

Pacific Ocean

22 00 N

121 00 E

Basilan Strait

Pacific Ocean

6 49 N

122 05 E

Basque Provinces

Spain

43 00 N

2 30 W

Bass Strait

Pacific Ocean

39 20 S

145 30 E

Basse-Terre (capital)

Guadeloupe

16 00 N

61 44 W

Basseterre (capital)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

17 18 N

62 43 W

Bastia (city)

France (Corsica)

42 42 N

9 27 E

Basutoland (former name for Lesotho)

Lesotho

29 30 S

28 30 E

Batan Islands

Philippines

20 30 N

121 50 E

Bavaria (Bayern) (region)

Germany

48 30 N

11 30 E

Beagle Channel

Atlantic Ocean

54 53 S

68 10 W

Bear Island (see Bjornoya)

Svalbard

74 26 N

19 05 E

Beaufort Sea

Arctic Ocean

73 00 N

140 00 W

Bechuanaland (former name for Botswana)

Botswana

22 00 S

24 00 E

Beijing (capital)

China

39 56 N

116 24 E

Beirut (capital)

Lebanon

33 53 N

35 30 E

Bekaa Valley

Lebanon

34 00 N

36 05 E

Belau (Palau Islands)

Palau

7 30 N

134 30 E

Belep Islands (Iles Belep)

New Caledonia

19 45 S

163 40 E

Belgian Congo (former name for Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

0 00 N

25 00 E

Belgie (local name for Belgium)

Belgium

50 50 N

4 00 E

Belgique (local name for Belgium)

Belgium

50 50 N

4 00 E

Belgrade (capital)

Yugoslavia

44 50 N

20 30 E

Belize City (capital)

Belize

17 30 N

88 12 W

Belle Isle, Strait of

Atlantic Ocean

51 35 N

56 30 W

Bellingshausen Sea

Southern Ocean

71 00 S

85 00 W

Belmopan (capital)

Belize

17 15 N

88 46 W

Belorussia (former name for Belarus)

Belarus

53 00 N

28 00 E

Benadir (region; former name of Italian Somaliland)

Somalia

4 00 N

46 00 E

Bengal, Bay of

Indian Ocean

15 00 N

90 00 E

Berau, Gulf of

Pacific Ocean

2 30 S

132 30 E

Bering Island

Russia

55 00 N

166 30 E

Bering Sea

Pacific Ocean

60 00 N

175 00 W

Bering Strait

Pacific Ocean

65 30 N

169 00 W

Berkner Island

Antarctica

79 30 S

49 30 W

Berlin (capital)

Germany

52 31 N

13 24 E

Berlin, East (former name for eastern sector of Berlin)

Germany

52 30 N

13 33 E

Berlin, West (former name for western sector of Berlin)

Germany

52 30 N

12 20 E

Bern (capital)

Switzerland

46 57 N

7 26 E

Bessarabia (region)

Moldova, Romania, Ukraine

47 00 N

28 30 E

Bharat (local name for India)

India

20 00 N

77 00 E

Bhopal (city)

India

23 16 N

77 24 E

Biafra (region)

Nigeria

5 30 N

7 30 E

Big Diomede Island

Russia

65 46 N

169 06 W

Bijagos, Arquipelago dos (island group)

Guinea-Bissau

11 25 N

16 20 W

Bikini Atoll

Marshall Islands

11 35 N

165 23 E

Bilbao (city)

Spain

43 15 N

2 58 W

Bioko (island)

Equatorial Guinea

3 30 N

8 42 E

Biscay, Bay of

Atlantic Ocean

44 00 N

4 00 W

Bishkek (capital)

Kyrgyzstan

42 54 N

74 36 E

Bishop Rock

United Kingdom

49 52 N

6 27 W

Bismarck Archipelago (island group)

Papua New Guinea

5 00 S

150 00 E

Bismarck Sea

Pacific Ocean

4 00 S

148 00 E

Bissau (capital)

Guinea-Bissau

11 51 N

15 35 W

Bjornoya (Bear Island)

Svalbard

74 26 N

19 05 E

Black Forest (region)

Germany

48 00 N

8 15 E

Black Rock (island)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

53 39 S

41 48 W

Black Sea

Atlantic Ocean

43 00 N

35 00 E

Bloemfontein (city, judicial center)

South Africa

29 12 S

26 07 E

Bo Hai (gulf)

Pacific Ocean

38 00 N

120 00 E

Boa Vista (island)

Cape Verde

16 05 N

22 50 W

Bogota (capital)

Colombia

4 36 N

74 05 W

Bohemia (region)

Czech Republic

50 00 N

14 30 E

Bombay (see Mumbai)

India

18 58 N

72 50 E

Bonaire (island)

Netherlands Antilles

12 10 N

68 15 W

Bonifacio, Strait of

Atlantic Ocean

41 01 N

14 00 E

Bonin Islands

Japan

27 00 N

140 10 E

Bonn (capital)

Germany

50 44 N

7 05 E

Bophuthatswana (enclave region)

South Africa

26 30 S

25 30 E

Bora-Bora (island)

French Polynesia

16 30 S

151 45 W

Bordeaux (city)

France

44 50 N

0 34 W

Borneo (island)

Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia

0 30 N

114 00 E

Bornholm (island)

Denmark

55 10 N

15 00 E

Bosna i Hercegovina (local name for Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

44 00 N

18 00 E

Bosnia (political region)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

44 00 N

18 00 E

Bosporus (strait)

Atlantic Ocean

41 00 N

29 00 E

Bothnia, Gulf of

Atlantic Ocean

63 00 N

20 00 E

Bougainville (island)

Papua New Guinea

6 00 S

155 00 E

Bougainville Strait

Pacific Ocean

6 40 S

156 10 E

Bounty Islands

New Zealand

47 43 S

174 00 E

Bourbon Island (former name of Reunion)

Reunion

21 06 S

55 36 E

Brasilia (capital)

Brazil

15 47 S

47 55 W

Bratislava (capital)

Slovakia

48 09 N

17 07 E

Brazzaville (capital)

Republic of the Congo

4 16 S

15 17 E

Bridgetown (capital)

Barbados

13 06 N

59 37 W

Brisbane (city)

Australia

27 28 S

153 02 E

Bristol Bay

Pacific Ocean

57 00 N

160 00 W

Bristol Channel

Atlantic Ocean

51 18 N

3 30 W

Britain (see Great Britain)

United Kingdom

54 00 N

2 00 W

British Bechuanaland (region; former name for northwest South Africa)

South Africa

27 30 S

23 30 E

British Central African Protectorate (former name of  Nyasaland)

Malawi

13 30 S

34 00 E

British East Africa (former name for British possessions in eastern Africa)

Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

1 00 N

38 00 E

British Guiana (former name for Guyana)

Guyana

5 00 N

59 00 W

British Honduras (former name for Belize)

Belize

17 15 N

88 45 W

British Solomon Islands (former name for Solomon Islands)

Solomon Islands

8 00 S

159 00 E

British Somaliland (former name for northern Somalia)

Somalia

10 00 N

49 00 E

Brussels (capital)

Belgium

50 50 N

4 20 E

Bubiyan (island)

Kuwait

29 47 N

48 10 E

Bucharest (capital)

Romania

44 26 N

26 06 E

Budapest (capital)

Hungary

47 30 N

19 05 E

Buenos Aires (capital)

Argentina

34 36 S

58 27 W

Bujumbura (capital)

Burundi

3 23 S

29 22 E

Bukovina (region)

Romania, Ukraine

48 00 N

26 00 E

Byelarus (local name for Belarus)

Belarus

53 00 N

28 00 E

Byelorussia (former name for Belarus)

Belarus

53 00 N

28 00 E

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