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

Cabinda (province)

Angola

5 33 S

12 12 E

Cabo Verde (local name for Cape Verde)

Cape Verde

16 00 N

24 00 W

Cabot Strait

Atlantic Ocean

47 20 N

59 30 W

Caicos Islands

Turks and Caicos Islands

21 56 N

71 58 W

Cairo (capital)

Egypt

30 03 N

31 15 E

California, Gulf of

Pacific Ocean

28 00 N

112 00 W

Cameroun (local name for Cameroon)

Cameroon

6 00 N

12 00 E

Campbell Island

New Zealand

52 33 S

169 09 E

Campeche, Bay of

Atlantic Ocean

20 00 N

94 00 W

Canal Zone (former name for US possessions in Panama)

Panama

9 00 N

79 45 W

Canarias Sea

Atlantic Ocean

28 00 N

16 00 W

Canary Islands

Spain

28 00 N

15 30 W

Canberra (capital)

Australia

35 17 S

149 08 E

Cancun (city)

Mexico

21 10 N

86 50 W

Canton (Guangzhou) (city)

China

23 06 N

113 16 E

Canton Island (Kanton Island)

Kiribati

2 49 S

171 40 W

Cape Juby (region; former name for Southern Morocco)

Morocco

27 53 N

12 58 W

Cape of Good Hope (cape; also alternate name for Cape Province of South Africa)

South Africa

34 15 S

18 25 E

Cape Province (region; former name for Northern, Western, and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa)

South Africa

31 30 S

22 30 E

Cape Town (legislative capital)

South Africa

33 57 S

18 28 W

Caracas (capital)

Venezuela

10 30 N

66 56 W

Cargados Carajos Shoals

Mauritius

16 25 S

59 38 E

Caribbean Sea

Atlantic Ocean

15 00 N

73 00 W

Caroline Islands

Federated States of Micronesia, Palau

7 30 N

148 00 E

Carpatho-Ukraine (region; former name for Zakarpats’ka oblast’)

Ukraine

48 22 N

23 32 E

Carpentaria, Gulf of

Pacific Ocean

14 00 S

139 00 E

Castries (capital)

Saint Lucia

14 01 N

61 00 W

Catalonia (region)

Spain

42 00 N

2 00 E

Cato Island

Australia

23 15 S

155 32 E

Caucasus (region)

Russia

42 00 N

45 00 E

Cayenne (capital)

French Guiana

4 56 N

52 20 W

Celebes (island)

Indonesia

2 00 S

121 00 E

Celebes Sea

Pacific Ocean

3 00 N

122 00 E

Celtic Sea

Atlantic Ocean

51 00 N

6 30 W

Central African Empire (former name for Central African Republic)

Central African Republic

7 00 N

21 00 E

Ceram (Seram) Sea

Pacific Ocean

2 30 S

129 30 E

Ceska Republika (local name for Czech Republic)

Czech Republic

49 45 N

15 30 E

Ceskoslovensko (former local name for Czechoslovakia)

Czech Republic, Slovakia

49 00 N

17 30 E

Ceuta (city)

Spain

35 53 N

5 19 W

Ceylon (former name for Sri Lanka)

Sri Lanka

7 00 N

81 00 E

Chafarinas, Islas (island)

Spain

35 12 N

2 26 W

Chagos Archipelago (Oil Islands)

British Indian Ocean Territory

6 00 S

71 30 E

Challenger Deep (Mariana Trench)

Pacific Ocean

11 22 N

142 36 E

Channel Islands

Guernsey, Jersey

49 20 N

2 20 W

Charlotte Amalie (capital)

Virgin Islands

18 21 N

64 56 W

Chatham Islands

New Zealand

44 00 S

176 30 W

Chechnya (Chechnia) (region)

Russia

43 15 N

45 40 E

Cheju Strait

Pacific Ocean

34 00 N

126 30 E

Cheju-do (island)

Korea, South

33 20 N

126 30 E

Chennai (Madras) (city)

India

13 04 N

80 16 E

Chesterfield Islands (Iles Chesterfield)

New Caledonia

19 52 S

158 15 E

Chihli, Gulf of (see Bo Hai)

Pacific Ocean

38 30 N

120 00 E

Chiloe (island)

Chile

42 50 S

74 00 W

China, People's Republic of

China

35 00 N

105 00 E

China, Republic of

Taiwan

23 30 N

105 00 E

Chisinau (capital)

Moldova

47 00 N

28 50 E

Choiseul (island)

Solomon Islands

7 05 S

121 00 E

Choson (local name for North Korea)

North Korea

40 00 N

127 00 E

Christmas Island (Indian Ocean)

Australia

10 25 S

105 39 E

Christmas Island (Kiritimati) (Pacific Ocean)

Kiribati

1 52 N

157 20 W

Chukchi Sea

Arctic Ocean

69 00 N

171 00 W

Chuuk Islands (Truk Islands)

Federated States of Micronesia

7 25 N

151 47 W

Cilicia (region)

Turkey

36 50 N

34 30 E

Ciskei (enclave)

South Africa

33 00 S

27 00 E

Citta del Vaticano (local name for Vatican City)

Holy See

41 54 N

12 27 E

Cochin China (region)

Vietnam

11 00 N

107 00 E

Coco, Isla del (island)

Costa Rica

5 32 N

87 04 W

Cocos Islands

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

12 30 S

96 50 E

Colombo (capital)

Sri Lanka

6 56 N

79 51 E

Colon, Archipielago de (Galapagos Islands)

Ecuador

0 00 N

90 30 W

Commander Islands (Komandorskiye Ostrova)

Russia

55 00 N

167 00 E

Comores (local name for Comoros)

Comoros

12 10 S

44 15 E

Con Son (islands)

Vietnam

8 43 N

106 36 E

Conakry (capital)

Guinea

9 31 N

13 43 W

Confederatio Helvetica (local name for Switzerland)

Switzerland

47 00 N

8 00 E

Congo (Brazzaville) (former name for Republic of the Congo)

Republic of the Congo

1 00 S

15 00 E

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

Democratic Republic of the Congo

0 00 N

25 00 E

Constantinople (city; former name for Istanbul)

Turkey

41 01 N

28 58 E

Cook Strait

Pacific Ocean

41 15 S

174 30 E

Copenhagen (capital)

Denmark

55 40 N

12 35 E

Coral Sea

Pacific Ocean

15 00 S

150 00 E

Corfu (island)

Greece

39 40 N

19 45 E

Corinth (region)

Greece

37 56 N

22 56 E

Corisco (island)

Equatorial Guinea

0 55 N

9 19 E

Corn Islands (Islas del Maiz)

Nicaragua

12 15 N

83 00 W

Corocoro Island

Guyana, Venezuela

3 38 N

66 50 W

Corsica (Corse) (island)

France

42 00 N

9 00 E

Cosmoledo Group (Atoll de Cosmoledo) (island group)

Seychelles

9 43 S

47 35 E

Cotonou (seat of government)

Benin

6 21 N

2 26 E

Cotopaxi (volcano)

Ecuador

0 39 S

78 26 W

Courantyne River

Guyana, Suriname

5 57 N

57 06 W

Cozumel (island)

Mexico

20 30 N

86 55 W

Crete (island)

Greece

35 15 N

24 45 E

Crimea (region)

Ukraine

45 00 N

34 00 E

Crimean Peninsula

Ukraine

45 00 N

34 00 E

Crooked Island Passage

Atlantic Ocean

22 55 N

74 35 W

Crozet Islands (Iles Crozet)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

46 30 S

51 00 E

Cyclades (island group)

Greece

37 00 N

25 10 E

Cyrenaica (region)

Libya

31 00 N

22 00 E

Czechoslovakia (former name for the entity that subsequently split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)

Czech Republic, Slovakia

49 00 N

18 00 E

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