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

Wake Atoll

Wake Island

19 17 N

166 36 E

Wakhan Corridor (see Vakhan)

Afghanistan

37 00 N

73 00 E

Walachia (region)

Romania

44 45 N

26 05 E

Wales (region)

United Kingdom

52 30 N

3 30 W

Wallis Islands

Wallis and Futuna

13 17 S

176 10 W

Walvis Bay (former exclave) (city)

Namibia

22 59 S

14 31 E

Warsaw (capital)

Poland

52 15 N

21 00 E

Washington, DC (capital)

United States

38 53 N

77 02 W

Weddell Sea

Southern Ocean

72 00 S

45 00 W

Wellington (capital)

New Zealand

41 28 S

174 51 E

West Frisian Islands

Netherlands

53 26 N

5 30 E

West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) (former name for western portion of Germany)

Germany

53 22 N

5 20 E

West Island (capital)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

12 10 S

96 55 E

West Korea Strait (Western Channel)

Pacific Ocean

34 40 N

129 00 E

West Pakistan (former name for western portion of Pakistan)

Pakistan

30 00 N

70 00 E

West Siberian Plain

Russia

60 00 N

75 00 E

Western Channel (West Korea Strait)

Pacific Ocean

34 40 N

129 00 E

Western Samoa (former name for Samoa)

Samoa

13 35 S

172 20 W

Wetar Strait

Pacific Ocean

8 20 S

126 30 E

White Sea

Arctic Ocean

65 30 N

38 00 E

Wilkes Land (region)

Antarctica

71 00 S

120 00 E

Willemstad (capital)

Netherlands Antilles

12 06 N

68 56 W

Windhoek (capital)

Namibia

22 34 S

17 06 E

Windward Passage

Atlantic Ocean

20 00 N

73 50 W

Wrangel Island (Ostrov Vrangelya)

Russia

71 14 N

179 36 W

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