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

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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